Are you conscious of any age-related taste impairment? Prevalence of and factors associated with taste impairment in Japan

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 951-953

  Michikawa, Takehiro ^a   Nishiwaki, Yuji ^a   Takebayashi, Toru ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE RELATED TASTE IMPAIRMENT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AWARENESS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SMELLING DISORDER; SMOKING HABIT; STROKE; TASTE DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TASTE DISORDERS;

EID: 79956059558     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03397.x     Document Type: Letter

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