Alcohol consumption, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), and pulmonary function: A cross-sectional and longitudinal study in working men

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1507-1511

  Zureik, Mahmoud ^a,b   Liard, Renata ^a   Kauffmann, Francine ^a   Henry, Christine ^a   Neukirch, Françoise ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Glutamyl Transpeptidase; Alcohol; FEV1; FEV1 Decline

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIROMETRY;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; ETHANOL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLICE; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0030454629     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01691.x     Document Type: Article

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