Development of a 15-item odour discrimination test (Düsseldorf Odour Discrimination Test)

Perception

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-203

  Weierstall, Roland ^a   Pause, Bettina M ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Odour discrimination; Reliability; Test development; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859562181     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p7113     Document Type: Article

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