Association between liver dysfunction and hyperglycemia in Japanese male workers at printing and papermaking plants

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 301-306

  Kaido, Takero ^a   Honda, Yasushi ^b   Kitamura, Kuniaki ^c  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c Ministry of Finance   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Asparate amino transferase; Epidemiology; Gamma glutamyl transferase; Hyperglycemia; Insulin resistance; Liver dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAPER INDUSTRY; PRINTING; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; WORKER;

EID: 0036710357     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.44.301     Document Type: Article

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