A self-administered odor identification test procedure using the "Sniffin' Sticks"

Chemical Senses

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 595-598

  Mueller, Christian A ^a   Grassinger, Elisabeth ^a   Naka, Asami ^a   Temmel, Andreas F P ^a   Hummel, Thomas ^b   Kobal, Gerd ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical; Olfaction; Self administration; Smell; Sniffin' sticks; Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODORS; PAPER; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SMELL;

EID: 33747869666     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjj064     Document Type: Article

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