Predictors of taste acuity in healthy older Europeans

Appetite

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 188-195

  Simpson, Ellen E A ^a   Rae, Gordon ^a   Parr, Heather ^a   O'Connor, Jacqueline M ^a   Bonham, Maxine ^a   Polito, Angela ^b   Meunier, Nathalie ^c   Andriollo Sanchez, Maud ^d   Intorre, Federica ^b   Coudray, Charles ^c   Strain, J J ^a   Stewart Knox, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^c CRNH AUVERGNE   (France)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Dietary habits; Elderly; Food diaries; Older people; Taste acuity; Taste threshold

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; FOLIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; ITALY; LIPID DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOCIAL CLASS; TASTE ACUITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80155123606     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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