Investigation of the sniffin' sticks olfactory test in Taiwan and comparison with different continents

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 483-486

  Yuan, Ben Chih ^a   Lee, Po Lei ^b   Lee, Yi Lun ^c,d   Lin, Shih Hsiang ^c,d   Shu, Chih Hung ^c,d  

^a FOOYIN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Olfactory discrimination; Olfactory function; Olfactory identification; Olfactory threshold; Sniffin' Sticks

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOSMIA; MALE; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SELF CONCEPT; SMELLING; SNIFFIN STICK TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; SMELL; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957087378     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(10)70103-9     Document Type: Article

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