Effects of environmental cadmium exposure on liver function in adults

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 268-273

  Kang, Mo Yeol ^a   Cho, Soo Hun ^a   Lim, Youn Hee ^b   Seo, Jeong Cheol ^a   Hong, Yun Chul ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CADMIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; KOREA; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CADMIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; REFERENCE VALUES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TRANSAMINASES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84876055472     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-101063     Document Type: Article

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