Taste and smell losses in normal aging and disease

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1357-1362

  Schiffman, Susan S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; FLAVORING AGENT; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMELLING DISORDER; TASTE DISORDER;

EID: 0030770188     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.16.1357     Document Type: Review

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