Prevalence and determinants of biochemical dysfunction of the liver in Atayal Aboriginal community of Taiwan: Is betel nut chewing a risk factor?

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lin, Ching Feng ^a,b,e   Shiau, Tun Jen ^a   Ko, Ying Chin ^c,d   Chen, Ping Ho ^d   Wang, Jung Der ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Executive Yuan ^*  (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; BIOCHEMISTRY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HABIT; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ENZYMOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; LIVER; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ARECA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 44249086383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-8-13     Document Type: Article

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