Multicenter investigation of 1,036 subjects using a standardized method for the assessment of olfactory function combining tests of odor identification, odor discrimination, and olfactory thresholds

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 257, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 205-211

  Kobal, G ^a   Klimek, L ^b   Wolfensberger, M ^c   Gudziol, H ^d   Temmel, A ^e   Owen, C M ^f   Seeber, H ^g   Pauli, E ^a   Hummel, T ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^g Clinic of ORL   (Germany)

^h DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age related changes; Discrimination; Identification; Olfaction; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTOMETER; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; SNIFFING;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX FACTORS; SMELL;

EID: 0034061073     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004050050223     Document Type: Article

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