Causative factors of taste disorders in the elderly, and therapeutic effects of zinc

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-160

  Ikeda, M ^a   Ikui, A ^a   Komiyama, A ^a   Kobayashi, D ^a   Tanaka, M ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged; Taste; Zinc

Indexed keywords

POLAPREZINC; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASTE DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; AGE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TASTE DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZINC;

EID: 41449102488     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215107008833     Document Type: Article

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