Clinical experience with patients with olfactory complaints, and their quality of life

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-174

  Brämerson, Annika ^a   Nordin, Steven ^b   Bende, Mats ^a  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Disorders; Etiology; Olfaction; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EMPLOYMENT; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE POLYP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMELLING DISORDER; SOCIAL LIFE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL POLYPS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 33847212409     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480600801357     Document Type: Article

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