Gamma-glutamyltransferase, general and cause-specific mortality in 19,000 construction workers followed over 20 years

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 594-601

  Breitling, Lutz Philipp ^a   Claessen, Heiner ^a   Drath, Christoph ^b   Arndt, Volker ^a   Brenner, Hermann ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Epidemiological study; Liver function tests; Mortality; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; WORKER;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GERMANY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISONING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 84860390580     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.12.029     Document Type: Article

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