Is nutrient intake a gender-specific cause for enhanced susceptibility to alcohol-induced liver disease in women?

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-14

  Wagnerberger, Sabine ^a   Schåfer, Christian ^b   Schwarz, Eveline ^a   Bode, Christiane ^a   Parlesak, Alexandr ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 37749033180     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agm161     Document Type: Article

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