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Taste Sensitivity to Phenylthiourea and Menstruation*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

B. Beiguelman
B. Beiguelman*
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Genética Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Campinas & Divisão Técnica Auxiliar, Depto. Profil. da Lepra, Campinas, SP. (Brasil)

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Taste thresholds for phenylthiourea were measured among 100 females, during the menstruation and in non-menstrual period.

The results cannot support any influence of menstruation on taste threshold for phenylthiourea.

Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , April 1964 , pp. 197 - 199
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1964

Footnotes

*

This work has been supported by grants from the World Health Organization and the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo.

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