Cultural adaptation of an olfactory identification test: The Greek version of Sniffin' Sticks

Rhinology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 292-296

  Konstantinidis, I ^a,b   Printza, A ^a   Genetzaki, S ^a   Mamali, K ^a   Kekes, G ^a   Constantinidis, J ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b AHEPA Hospital ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Identification; Olfaction; Screening test; Smell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODOR; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SMELLING DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 57749091337     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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