Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences

Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences
Open Access

ISSN: 2155-9600

Research Article - (2013) Volume 0, Issue 0

Incidence of Taste Disorder and Umami Taste Disorder among the Japanese Elderly and Youth

Takashi Sasano1*, Shizuko Satoh-Kuriwada1, Naoto Kaneta1, Noriaki Shoji1, Misako Kawai2 and Hisayuki Uneyama2
1Division of Oral Diagnosis, Department of Oral Medicine and Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, 4-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan, E-mail: kuri-shu@dent.tohoku.ac.jp
2Institute of Life Sciences, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., 1–1 Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki 210-8681, Japan, E-mail: kuri-shu@dent.tohoku.ac.jp
*Corresponding Author: Takashi Sasano, Division of Oral Diagnosis, Department of Oral Medicine and Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, 4-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan, Fax: +81-22-717-8393

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