Relationships between threshold-based PROP sensitivity and food preferences of Tunisians

Appetite

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-173

  Pasquet, P ^a   Oberti, B ^a   El Ati, J ^b   Hladik, C M ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Institut National de Nutrition Tunis   (Tunisia)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; FRUCTOSE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; QUININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; TANNIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DIET; FEMALE; FLAVOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL CLASS; TASTE ACUITY; TUNISIA;

EID: 0036409328     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/appe.2002.0503     Document Type: Article

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