High test-retest reliability of the extended version of the "Sniffin' Sticks" test

Chemical Senses

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 705-711

  Haehner, Antje ^a   Mayer, Anna Maria ^a   Landis, Basile N ^b   Pournaras, Irene ^b   Lill, Katja ^a   Gudziol, Volker ^a   Hummel, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Olfaction; Smell; Sniffin' Sticks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; SNIFFIN STICKS TEST; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLFACTION DISORDERS; SMELL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349501697     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjp057     Document Type: Article

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