Self-ratings of olfactory function reflect odor annoyance rather than olfactory acuity

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2212-2217

  Knaapila, Antti ^a,b   Tuorila, Hely ^a   Kyvik, Kirsten O ^c   Wright, Margaret J ^d   Keskitalo, Kaisu ^a,b,d   Hansen, Jonathan ^e   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,b   Perola, Markus ^a,b   Silventoinen, Karri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic; Heritability; Odor sensitivity; Scratch and sniff; Subjective olfaction; Twin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; ODOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SMELLING; STIMULUS; TWINS; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMELLING DISORDER; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149361884     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e3181826e43     Document Type: Article

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