A comparison of the palatability of flavored oral contrasts

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 847-850

  Arya, Rajiv ^a   Hansen, Allison ^a   Taira, Breena R ^a   Packy, Theodore ^a   Singer, Adam J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLAVOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PALATABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BEVERAGES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLAVORING AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TASTE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349105094     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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