Liver enzymes: Interaction analysis of smoking with alcohol consumption or BMI, comparing AST and ALT to γ-GT

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Breitling, Lutz P ^a   Arndt, Volker ^a   Drath, Christoph ^b   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

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CANNABIS SMOKING; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HUMAN; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; MALE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BODY MASS INDEX; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

EID: 81555218166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027951     Document Type: Article

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