Cigarette smoking and serum liver enzymes: The role of alcohol and inflammation

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 321-326

  Wannamethee, S Goya ^a   Shaper, A Gerald ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; BONE CELL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLS; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

EID: 77954418489     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2010.009303     Document Type: Article

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