Zinc status and taste acuity in older Europeans: The ZENITH study

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue , 2005, Pages S31-S36

  Stewart Knox, B J ^a   Simpson, E E A ^a   Parr, H ^a   Rae, G ^a   Polito, A ^b   Intorre, F ^b   Meunier, N ^c   Andriollo Sanchez, M ^d   O'Connor J M ^a   Coudray, C ^c   Strain, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca per gli Alimenti e la Nutrizione   (Italy)

^c CRNH AUVERGNE   (France)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Older adults; Signal detection theory; Taste acuity; Zinc status

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; QUININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SWEETNESS; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTEER; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ERYTHROCYTES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TASTE; ZINC;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS;

EID: 28144464183     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602295     Document Type: Article

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