A new procedure for the short screening of olfactory function using five items from the "Sniffin' Sticks" identification test kit

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-116

  Mueller, Christian ^a   Renner, Bertold ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOSMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; SCREENING TEST; SMELLING DISORDER; SNIFFING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33645224751     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194589240602000121     Document Type: Article

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