The perceived intensity of caffeine aftertaste: Tasters versus nontasters

Chemical Senses

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-21

  Neely, Greg ^a   Borg, Gunnar ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; TASTE; TIME;

CAFFEINE; TASTE; TASTE THRESHOLD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032996530     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/24.1.19     Document Type: Article

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