Young women's food preferences and taste responsiveness to 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 691-697

  Kaminski, Linda Clancy ^a   Henderson, Susan Ahlstrom ^b   Drewnowski, Adam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

6 n Propylthiouracil; Cruciferous vegetables; Food frequency questionnaire; Food preferences; Sensory evaluation

Indexed keywords

PROPYLTHIOURACIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FILTER; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASTE PREFERENCE; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0034027193     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00240-1     Document Type: Article

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