A case-control study of fatty liver disease and organic solvent exposure

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 132-136

  Lundqvist, Gunnar ^a,b   Flodin, Ulf ^a   Axelson, Olav ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case control; Drugs; Epidemiology; Hepatic steatosis; Interaction; Organic solvents; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY LIVER; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISEASE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ETHANOL; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032901908     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199902)35:2<132::AID-AJIM4>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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