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Effect of wearing masks on odor detection and recognition

Taiga KatoDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Jun SuzukiDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yuta KobayashiDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Tetsuya OishiDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Hiroyuki IkushimaDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Yasunari YamauchiDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Yukio KatoriDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Pages 142-146 | Received 05 Feb 2024, Accepted 23 Feb 2024, Published online: 12 Mar 2024

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