Self-reported alcohol consumption and association to carbohydrate deficient transferrin and gamma-glutamyltransferase in a random sample of the general population in the Republic of Karelia, Russia and in North Karella, Finland

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 282-288

  Laatikaine, Tiina ^a   Alho, Hannu ^a,b   Vartiainen, Erkki ^a   Jousilahti, Pekka ^a   Sillanaukee, Pekka ^c   Puska, Pekka ^d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FIT Biotech Oyj Plc   (Finland)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RELIABILITY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUSSIA; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0036258829     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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