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Depressive symptoms and olfactory function in older adults
Article first published online: 31 JUL 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2008.01824.x
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Scinska, A., Wrobel, E., Korkosz, A., Zatorski, P., Sienkiewicz-Jarosz, H., Lojkowska, W., Swiecicki, L. and Kukwa, W. (2008), Depressive symptoms and olfactory function in older adults. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 62: 450–456. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2008.01824.x
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- Issue published online: 31 JUL 2008
- Article first published online: 31 JUL 2008
- Received 8 November 2007; revised 18 January 2008; accepted 25 April 2008.
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