Assessment of odor identification function in Asia using a modified "Sniffin' Stick" odor identification test

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 265, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 787-790

  Shu, Chih Hung ^a   Yuan, Ben Chih ^b,c  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

"Sniffin' Stick"; Odor identification; Olfactory disorders; Olfactory test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; SNIFFIN STICK ODOR IDENTIFICATION TEST; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL;

EID: 44649166343     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0551-2     Document Type: Article

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