Perspectives on population-based epidemiological studies of olfactory and taste impairment

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1170, Issue , 2009, Pages 514-530

  Hoffman, Howard J ^a   Cruickshanks, Karen J ^b   Davis, Barry ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Methodological challenges; Olfactory impairment; Population studies; Risk factors; Taste impairment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; STEROID;

AGEUSIA; ANOSMIA; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER; TASTE; TASTE DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68649110766     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04597.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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