healthy volunteers
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Healthy subjects (children and adolescents with
consent of the parents) are asked once to provide saliva samples for the analysis of the hormone status.
Parents are asked once to fill out a
Sponsors
Department of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, Medical Faculty, TU Dresden
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
0 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: For body odor receivers: normosmia, sufficient german language skills
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: For body odor donors: chronical physical / mental illness For Receivers: pregnancy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Different odor sampling procedures will be compared in order to determine the optimal sampling procedure for sensory-chemical profiling of Body odors. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The chemical composition of body odors obtained from a representative sample of individuals will be determined. It will be investigated whether the composition of body odors relates to the hormonal status of the donor and the sensory assessment of the perceiver. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactLaura Schäfer
Department of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, Medical Faculty, TU Dresden
Outcome results
None listed