Taste Intensity and Hedonic Responses to Simple Beverages in Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 505-512

  Bossola, Maurizio ^a   Cadoni, Gabriella ^a   Bellantone, Rocco ^a   Carriero, Concetta ^a   Carriero, Elena ^a   Ottaviani, Fabrizio ^a   Borzomati, Domenico ^a   Tortorelli, Antonio ^a   Doglietto, Giovan Battista ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

anorexia; cancer; hedonic; intensity; Taste

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BITTER TASTE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT JUICE; HUMAN; LEMON; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH CANCER; SWEETNESS; TASTE; TOMATO;

AGED; ANOREXIA; BEVERAGES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TASTE; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 35448992804     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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