Effects of coffee consumption against the development of liver dysfunction: A 4-year follow-up study of middle-aged Japanese male office workers

Industrial Health

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 99-102

  Nakanishi, Noriyuki ^a   Nakamura, Koji ^b   Suzuki, Kenji ^c   Tatara, Kozo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TAKENAKA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c Japan Labor and Welfare Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Aspartate aminotransferase; Coffee; Follow up study; Liver dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COFFEE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFICE WORKER;

EID: 0033968394     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.38.99     Document Type: Article

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