Beverage-specific effects of ethanol consumption on its biological markers

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 699-702

  Sakuta, Hidenari ^a,b   Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Yasuda, Hiroko ^a   Ito, Teizo ^a  

^a Self Defense Forces Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

glutamyltransferase; Alcohol; Fermented alcohol; Mean corpuscular volume; Spirits

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT;

ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ETHANOL; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44349088320     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.124     Document Type: Article

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