Salt Taste

The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 401-408

  Beauchamp, G K ^a   Stein, L J ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amiloride; Carnivore; Food palatability; Herbivore; Imprinting; Infant; Omnivore; Sodium; Sodium chloride; Taste

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882474053     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370880-9.00095-5     Document Type: Chapter

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