Smoking and γ-glutamyltransferase: Opposite interactions with alcohol consumption and body mass index

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Breitling, Lutz P ^a   Arndt, Volker ^a   Drath, Christoph ^b   Rothenbacher, Dietrich ^a   Brenner, Hermann ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b Workmen's Compensation Board for Construction Workers   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; BLOOD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; ETHANOL; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958555424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013116     Document Type: Article

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