Taste sensitivity to sodium chloride and sucrose in a group of adolescent children in Northern Nigeria

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-59

  Okoro, E O ^c   Brisibe, F ^a   Jolayemi, E T ^d   Hadizath, Garba ^b  

^a Barrack GRA   (Nigeria)

^b Government Girls Secondary School   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Children; Insensitivity; Nigeria; Salt; Sucrose; Taste

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASTE ACUITY;

CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 0034544231     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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