Persistent rotating shift work exposure is a tough second hit contributing to abnormal liver function among on-site workers having sonographic fatty liver

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages NP1765-NP1774

  Lin, Yu Cheng ^a,b,c   Chen, Pau Chung ^c,d  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b EN CHU KONG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

electronics manufacturing industry; elevated serum alanine transaminase; rotating shift work; sonographic fatty liver; workers cohort

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; BLOOD; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84926345574     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539512469248     Document Type: Article

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