Effect of age and disease on taste perception

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-34

  Ng, Kenway ^a   Woo, Jean ^a,c   Kwan, Mandy ^a   Sea, Mandy ^a   Wang, Angela ^a   Lo, Raymond ^a   Chan, Anthony ^a   Henry, C J K ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

cancer; chronic renal failure; elderly; Taste

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAVOR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; TASTE;

ADULT; AGING; DYSGEUSIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; TASTE;

EID: 3042560127     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2003.11.007     Document Type: Article

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