Taste acuity in response to zinc supplementation in older Europeans

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-136

  Stewart Knox, Barbara J ^a   Simpson, Ellen E A ^a   Parr, Heather ^a   Rae, Gordon ^a   Polito, Angela ^b   Intorre, Federica ^b   Sanchez, Maud Andriollo ^c   Meunier, Natalie ^d   O'Connor, Jacqueline M ^a   Maiani, Giuseppe ^b   Coudray, Charles ^d   Strain, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d CRNH AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Basic tastes; Elderly; Signal detection; Taste acuity; Zinc

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZINC;

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SWEETNESS; TASTE ACUITY; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHROCYTES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; ROME; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TASTE THRESHOLD; ZINC;

EID: 37349111072     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507781485     Document Type: Article

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