A test for the screening of taste function

Rhinology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 146-148

  Hummel, T ^a,b   Erras, A ^a   Kobal, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gustation; Identification; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; FLAVORING AGENT; QUININE SULFATE; SACCHARIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLAVOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOUTH; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSORY STIMULATION; SHELF LIFE; TASTE; TASTE ACUITY; TONGUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TASTE DISORDERS;

EID: 0031406920     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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