Age-associated variation in sensory perception of iron in drinking water and the potential for overexposure in the human population

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 6575-6583

  Mirlohi, Susan ^a   Dietrich, Andrea M ^a   Duncan, Susan E ^b  

^a State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL INDICATORS; FIVE SENSE; FLAVOR PERCEPTIONS; HUMAN POPULATION; LIPID OXIDATION; POPULATION VARIABILITY; REAGENT WATER; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

IRON; OXIDATION; RATING; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

POTABLE WATER;

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; DRINKING WATER; IRON;

AGE CLASS; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORRELATION; DRINKING WATER; IRON; LIPID; OLFACTORY CUE; OXIDATION; PERCEPTION; PH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALIVA; SENSORY SYSTEM; WATER POLLUTION;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLAVOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON INTAKE; LIPID OXIDATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLFACTORY BULB; PERCEPTION; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; UNITED STATES; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960966437     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200633p     Document Type: Article

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