Phenylthiocarbamide taste perception and susceptibility to motion sickness: Linking higher susceptibility with higher phenylthiocarbamide taste acuity - Erratum (Journal of Laryngology and Otology DOI: 10.1017/S0022215107001442);Phenylthiocarbamide taste perception and susceptibility to motion sickness: Linking higher susceptibility with higher phenylthiocarbamide taste acuity

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1064-1073

  Sharma, K ^a   Sharma, P ^a   Sharma, A ^a   Singh, G ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Motion sickness; Phenylthiocarbamide; Phenylthiourea; Taste

Indexed keywords

PHENYLTHIOUREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTION SICKNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TASTE ACUITY;

EID: 52949113414     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215108002922     Document Type: Erratum

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