The Rate of Age-Related Olfactory Decline Among the General Population of Older U.S. Adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1435-1441

  Pinto, Jayant M ^a   Wroblewski, Kristen E ^b   Kern, David W ^c   Schumm, L Philip ^b   McClintock, Martha K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health disparities; Minority aging; Neurological; Sensory

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946592880     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glv072     Document Type: Article

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