Genetic and environmental influences on odor identification ability in the very old

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 864-871

  Doty, Richard L ^a   Petersen, Inge ^b,c   Mensah, Nii ^a   Christensen, Kaare ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age; Cognition; Epidemiology; Genetics; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMELLING; SMOKING; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; COGNITION; DENMARK; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODORS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PHENOTYPE; SEX FACTORS; SMELL; SMOKING; TWINS;

EID: 82955190505     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023263     Document Type: Article

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