Screening of olfactory function using the Biolfa® olfactory test: Investigations in patients with dysosmia

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1063-1071

  Bonfils, Pierre ^a,c   Faulcon, Patrick ^a   Avan, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Anosmia; Hyposmia; Normative data; Olfaction; Olfactory test; Parosmia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSOSMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SMELLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL;

EID: 8744247432     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480410017990     Document Type: Article

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