Association of self-reported diseases and health care use with commonly use laboratory markers for alcohol consumption

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 339-345

  Sillanaukee, Pekka ^a   Strid, Nuria ^b   Jousilahti, Pekka ^c,d   Vartiainen, Erkki ^c   Poikolainen, Kari ^c,e   Nikkari, Seppo ^f   Allen, John P ^g   Alho, Hannu ^c,h  

^a FIT Biotech Oyj Plc   (Finland)

^b NS Associates   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^e Jarvenpaa Addiction Hospital   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0034939029     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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