Body odor - Caused by various factors

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Body odor is present both in animals and humans and its intensity can be influenced by many factors. It has a strong genetic basis both in animals and humans, but can be also strongly influenced by various diseases and psychological conditions. Human's body odor is formed by skin glands excretions and bacterial activity. It results primarily from the apocrine sweat glands, which secrete the majority of chemical compounds needed for the skin flora to metabolize it into odorant substances. This happens mostly in the axillary armpit region although the sweat glands can also be found in other regions of the body...

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• Assisted by: Edward R. Miller-Jones (Editor), Edwar R Miller-Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: FastBook Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.06.2012
• EAN: 9786130134556
• ISBN: 978-613-0-13455-6
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• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology