The Bradford Hill criteria and zinc-induced anosmia: A causality analysis

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 673-676

  Davidson, Terence M ^a   Smith, Wendy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCONATE ZINC;

ADULT; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOSMIA; MALE; NASAL LAVAGE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; CALIFORNIA; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; GELS; GLUCONATES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77955002201     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2010.111     Document Type: Article

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