Increased levels of serum uric acid among ex-smokers

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 132-134

  Tomita, Masako ^a   Mizuno, Shoichi ^b   Yokota, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a JR East Health Promotion Center   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Body mass index; Smoking cessation; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTIOXIDANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; URIC ACID;

EID: 45749144833     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE2006332     Document Type: Article

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