Olfactory Dysfunction Predicts 5-Year Mortality in Older Adults

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Jayant M. Pinto ,

* E-mail: jpinto@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

Affiliation Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Kristen E. Wroblewski,

Affiliation Department of Health Studies, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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David W. Kern,

Affiliations Department of Comparative Human Development and The Institute for Mind and Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, The Center on the Demography and Economics of Aging, National Opinion Research Center, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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L. Philip Schumm,

Affiliation Department of Health Studies, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Martha K. McClintock

Affiliations Department of Comparative Human Development and The Institute for Mind and Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, The Center on the Demography and Economics of Aging, National Opinion Research Center, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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