Independence of Odor Quality and Absolute Sensitivity in a Study of Aging

Chemosensory Perception

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-33

  Cain, William S ^a   A De Wijk, René ^b   Nordin, Steven ^c   Nordin, Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Human; Odor Quality Discrimination; Odor Threshold; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049138195     PISSN: 19365802     EISSN: 19365810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12078-007-9002-0     Document Type: Article

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