Factors affecting the impact of olfactory loss on the quality of life and emotional coping ability

Rhinology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Shu, Chih Hung ^a   Lee, Po Lei ^b   Lan, Ming Ying ^a   Lee, Yi Lun ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coping skills; Olfaction disorders; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Smell

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMELLING DISORDER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLFACTION DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051754449     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4193/Rhino10.130     Document Type: Article

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