Evaluation of "Open Essence" odor-identification test card by application to healthy volunteers

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-80

  Okutani, Fumino ^a   Hirose, Kahori ^a   Kobayashi, Taisuke ^a   Kaba, Hideto ^a   Hyodo, Masamitsu ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Odor identification; Olfaction; Smell test; Young healthy people

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTOMETRY; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMELLING; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODORS; SEX FACTORS; SMELL;

EID: 84873076482     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: 18791476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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