Use of biomarkers of heavy drinking in health care practice

Military Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 364-367

  Allen, John P ^a  

^a 309th Combat Support Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; DRUG METABOLITE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE;

ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE MARKER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MEGALOCYTOSIS; MOTIVATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RELAPSE; SCREENING;

EID: 0038300425     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/168.5.364     Document Type: Article

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