Drinking habits and risk of altered liver enzymes in the general population of a rural area in Southern Italy

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 748-752

  Loguercio, C ^a   Federico, A ^a   Bianchi, C ^b   D'Auria, M ^a   Tallarico, A ^c   Bianco, M ^c   Fiorito, R ^a   Del Vecchio Blanco, C ^a   Stroffolini, T ^d  

^a Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Tract (CIRANAD)   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Sector for Experimentation Information Research and Consultancy in Agriculture (SeSIRCA)   (Italy)

^d S Giacomo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol intake; Alteration of aminotransferases; Body mass index; Hepatitis viruses

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 34447319140     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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