Elevated liver enzyme activity in construction workers: Prevalence and impact on early retirement and all-cause mortality

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 405-412

  Arndt, Volker ^a   Brenner, Hermann ^a   Rothenbacher, Dietrich ^a   Zschenderlein, Bernd ^b   Fraisse, Eckart ^c   Fliedner, Theodor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Occupational Health Service   (Germany)

^c Vocational Rehabilitation Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Disability evaluation; Liver function tests; Mortality; Occupational diseases epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY MASS; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RETIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISABLED PERSONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031757123     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050299     Document Type: Article

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