Studies on taste thresholds in a group of adolescent children in rural Nigeria

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 205-210

  Okoro, Obi E ^a   Uroghide, Gabriel E ^b   Jolayemi, Teju E ^a   George, Olufunke O ^b   Enobakhare, Cathy O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b Igbinedion Hosp and Med Res Ctr   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Nigeria; Taste thresholds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031858722     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-3293(97)00069-4     Document Type: Article

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