Relationship between alcohol drinking and aspartate aminotransferase: alanine aminotransferase (AST:ALT) ratio, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), and apolipoprotein A1 and B in the U.S. population

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 249-252

  Liangpunsakul, Suthat ^a   Qi, Rong ^a   Crabb, David W ^a   Witzmann, Frank ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 77950831783     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2010.71.249     Document Type: Article

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