The perception of odor is not a surrogate marker for chemical exposure: A review of factors influencing human odor perception

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 70-76

  Greenberg, Michael I ^a   Curtis, John A ^a   Vearrier, David ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Chemical; Idiopathic environmental intolerance; Multiple chemical sensitivity; Odor threshold; Olfactory; Risk assessment; Senses

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALCOHOLISM; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NOSE DISEASE; ODOR; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEX RATIO; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER; SMOKING; TOXIC INHALATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGING; ALCOHOLISM; DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ODORS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMELL; SMOKING;

EID: 84873683233     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2013.767908     Document Type: Review

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