A study on taste-sensitivity in healthy adults - Relation to habit of smoking.
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- Minohara Minae
- Department of Hygiene, Fujita-Gakuen Health University School of Medicine
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- Ito Yoshinori
- Department of Hygiene, Fujita-Gakuen Health University School of Medicine
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- Otani Motohiko
- Department of Hygiene, Fujita-Gakuen Health University School of Medicine
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- Sasaki Ryuichiro
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine
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- Aoki Kunio
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 健常成人の味覚識別能に関する研究 喫煙との関連性について
- ケンジョウ セイジン ノ ミカク シキベツノウ ニ カンスル ケンキュウ キツ
- Relation to habit of smoking
- 喫煙との関連性について
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The effect of cigarette smoking on taste-sensitivity in 905 healthy inhabitants, aged from 38 to 84 years was studied.<br>The taste-sensitivity was evaluated with four tastes sweet, salty, sour, and bitter; using sucrose, sodium chloride, tartaric acid, and quinine hydrochloric acid in 10 different concentrations for each as the respective reagents.<br>Taste-sensitivity in these healthy adults mearsured by the dropping procedure was more sensitive in females than in males for each taste, and also showed a tendancy to decrease with age in both sexes.<br>Using multi-variate analysis adjusted by sex and age, it was found that taste-sensitivity was reduced with the increase in the number of cigarettes smoked per day, and that there was a dose-response relationship between cigarette smoking and taste-sensitivity to sweet, salty, sour, or bitter taste.
Journal
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- Nippon Eiseigaku Zasshi (Japanese Journal of Hygiene)
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Nippon Eiseigaku Zasshi (Japanese Journal of Hygiene) 43 (2), 607-615, 1988
The Japanese Society for Hygiene
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282681340346624
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- NII Article ID
- 130000998590
- 10008444289
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- NII Book ID
- AN00185923
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- COI
- 1:STN:280:DyaL1M7nvFantg%3D%3D
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- ISSN
- 18826482
- 00215082
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- NDL BIB ID
- 3212535
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- PubMed
- 3236495
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- JaLC
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed