Validity of carbohydrate-deficient transferrine (CDT) in assessing chronic abuse of ethyl alcohol in urban public transport workers;Validitá della transferrina decarboidrata (CDT) nell'accertamento dell'abuso cronico di alcol etilico in addetti al trasporto pubblico urbano

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 359-369

  Fustinoni, Silvia ^a   De Vecchi, M ^a   Bordini, L ^a   Todaro, A ^a   Riboldi, L ^a   Bertazzi, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

CDT; Ethyl alcohol; Public transport workers

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; CARBOHYDRATE-DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CITIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; SMOKING; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 70350549729     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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