A strong secular trend in serum gamma-glutamyltransferase from 1996 to 2003 among South Korean men

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-65

  Lee, Duk Hee ^a   Ha, Myung Hwa ^b   Kam, Sin ^a   Chun, Byungyeol ^a   Lee, Jangkyu ^a   Song, Kyungeun ^a   Boo, Yongchool ^a   Steffen, Lyn ^c   Jacobs Jr , David R ^d  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b POSCO   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aging; Alanine transaminase; Cholesterol; Gamma glutamyltransferase; Korea; Oxidative stress; Time

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

STRESS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COVARIANCE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; SOUTH KOREA; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; KOREA; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STEEL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 29344462812     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj006     Document Type: Article

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