A preliminary trial exploring perfume preferences in adolescent girls

Journal of Sensory Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 237-243

  Freyberg, Robin ^a   Ahren, Marie Paule ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATIVE MODELS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS;

SURVEYS;

ODORS;

EID: 79958203713     PISSN: 08878250     EISSN: 1745459X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-459X.2011.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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