Alcohol, metabolic risk and elevated serum gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) in Indigenous Australians

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Haren, Matthew T ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Petkov, John ^a   McDermott, Robyn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUEENSLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955105755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-454     Document Type: Article

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