Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin as a marker of change in alcohol intake in men drinking 20 to 60 g of alcohol per day

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1973-1980

  Burke, Valerie ^a,b   Puddey, Ian B ^a,b   Rakic, Valentina ^a,b   Swanson, Nigel R ^c   Dimmitt, Simon B ^a,b   Beilin, Lawrence J ^a,b   Ching, Simon ^c   Beilby, John P ^c  

^a Box X 2213 GPO   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glutamyltranspeptidase; Alcohol; Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERRIN; URIC ACID;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BEER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0032423806     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000374-199812000-00012     Document Type: Article

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