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Olfactory Dysfunction Predicts 5-Year Mortality in Older Adults

Prediction of mortality has focused on disease and frailty, although antecedent biomarkers may herald broad physiological decline. Olfaction, an ancestral chemical system, is a strong candidate biomarker because it is linked to diverse physiological processes. We sought to determine if olfactory dys...

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Autores principales: Pinto, Jayant M., Wroblewski, Kristen E., Kern, David W., Schumm, L. Philip, McClintock, Martha K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4182669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25271633
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107541