Smoking, obesity, and hypertension alter the dose-response curve and test sensitivity of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin as a marker of alcohol intake

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2480-2489

  Whitfield, John B ^a   Fletcher, Linda M ^b   Murphy, Theresa L ^b   Powell, Lawrie W ^b   Halliday, June ^b   Heath, Andrew C ^c   Martin, Nicholas G ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUE; REGISTER; SMOKING; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031677587     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/44.12.2480     Document Type: Article

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