Efficacy and effectiveness of liver screening program to detect fatty liver in the periodic health check-ups

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 423-428

  Nomura, Kyoko ^a   Yano, Eiji ^a   Shinozaki, Toshiaki ^a   Tagawa, Kazumi ^b  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Efficacy; Fatty liver; Periodic health check ups; ROC

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REIMBURSEMENT; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORKER;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BODY MASS INDEX; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVER; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 10844262508     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.46.423     Document Type: Article

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