Affected by smells? Environmental chemical responsivity predicts odor perception

Chemical Senses

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 641-648

  Cornell kärnekull, Stina ^a   J̈nsson, Fredrik U ^a,b   Larsson, Maria ^a,b   Olofsson, Jonas K ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Brain Institute   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Affect; Chemical sensitivity scale; Neuroticism; Olfaction; Perception; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY STIMULATION; SMELLING;

EID: 80051770272     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjr028     Document Type: Article

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