Laboratory markers of alcohol abuse

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 613-616

  Sillanaukee, Pekka ^a,b  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHOL; ALCOHOL; AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERRIN;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030476413     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a008199     Document Type: Conference Paper

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