Unawareness of olfactory dysfunction and its association with cognitive functioning in middle aged and old adults

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 260-269

  Wehling, Eike ^a,b   Nordin, Steven ^c   Espeseth, Thomas ^d   Reinvang, Ivar ^d   Lundervold, Astri J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive decline; Odor identification; Olfaction; Olfactory dysfunction; Unawareness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956146697     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acr019     Document Type: Article

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