Which variables matter in smell tests in the clinic?

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 952-956

  Philpott, C M ^a,e   Wolstenholme, C R ^b   Goodenough, P C ^c   Clark, A ^d   Murty, G E ^b  

^a WEST SUFFOLK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e The Cottage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Outpatients; Sensory Thresholds; Smell

Indexed keywords

CINEOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SMELLING; SMOKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; ODOR; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL; SMOKING;

EID: 38449090408     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215107006408     Document Type: Article

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