Retronasal smell and detection thresholds of iron and copper salts

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 487-491

  Epke, Effie M ^a   Lawless, Harry T ^a  

^a Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Metallic taste; Nasal occlusion; Retronasal smell; Taste thresholds

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER CHLORIDE; COPPER SULFATE; FERROUS CHLORIDE; FERROUS SULFATE; IRON; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID OXIDATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; TASTE ACUITY;

EID: 35248841894     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.04.022     Document Type: Article

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