Quantitative measurement of odor detection thresholds using an air dilution olfactometer, and association with genetic variants in a sample of diverse ancestry

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Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Cook, Gillian R ^a   Krithika, S ^a   Edwards, Melissa ^a   Kavanagh, Paula ^a   Parra, Esteban J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

General olfactory sensitivity (GOS); Genetic association; Genetic marker; Olfactory detection threshold; Scentroid SM110C

Indexed keywords

BUTANOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENERAL OLFACTORY SENSITIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; ODOR; OLFACTOMETER; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY TEST KIT; OLFACTORY THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHENOTYPE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 84911367815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.643     Document Type: Article

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