Do you have a good nose? Small lexicon of bromhidroses and other body odors
Goffin, V.; Arrese, J.E.; Piérard-Franchimont, C.; Piérard, G.E.
Revue Medicale de Liege 54(12): 931-934
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0370-629X PMID: 10686799 Document Number: 509514
Body odours have a semiological significance in dermatology and in internal medicine and pediatrics as well. Most of them are brought by the eccrine or apocrine sweat. The term bromhidrosis refers to such conditions. Body odours originate from metabolic disorders, ingestion of food, toxic elements and drugs, and from contact with various xenobiotics. Specific bacterial infections and contaminations also release volatile smelling compounds without the intervention of sweat.