Salty and sour taste characteristics and risk of alcoholism

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 955-961

  Sandstrom, Kristen A ^b   Rajan, Tara M ^b   Feinn, Richard ^b   Kranzler, Henry R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alcoholism Risk; Children of Alcoholics; Salty Taste; Sour Taste; Taste Testing

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALTY TASTE; SOUR TASTE; TASTE;

EID: 0037633246     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000071931.33565.54     Document Type: Article

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