Association of thermal taste and PROP responsiveness with food liking, neophobia, body mass index, and waist circumference

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 589-601

  Bajec, Martha R ^a   Pickering, Gary J ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food behaviour; Food liking; Food preferences; Health; Nutrition; PROP responsiveness; Psychophysics; Taste genetics; Thermal taste

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953357081     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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