Taste damage (otitis media, tonsillectomy and head and neck cancer), oral sensations and BMI

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 516-526

  Bartoshuk, Linda M ^a   Catalanotto, Frank ^a   Hoffman, Howard ^b   Logan, Henrietta ^a   Snyder, Derek J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Head and neck cancer; Otitis media; Pain; Taste; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; MASTICATION; NERVE INJURY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SENSORY NERVE; SWALLOWING; TASTE DISORDER; TONSILLECTOMY;

BODY MASS INDEX; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MOUTH; NEURAL INHIBITION; OTITIS MEDIA; PAIN; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSATION; TASTE; TASTE DISORDERS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84870687886     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.06.013     Document Type: Article

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