Alcohol
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 131-135 , April 2003

Relation among alcohol dehydrogenase 2 polymorphism, alcohol consumption, and levels of gamma-glutamyltransferase

  • Michael Loew

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, The German Centre for Research on Ageing, Bergheimer Str. 20, D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Heiner Boeing

      Affiliations

    • German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114-116, 14558 Bergholz- Rehbrücke, Germany
    • ,
  • Til Stürmer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, The German Centre for Research on Ageing, Bergheimer Str. 20, D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Hermann Brenner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, The German Centre for Research on Ageing, Bergheimer Str. 20, D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany

Received 24 June 2002 ,Revised 13 January 2003 ,Accepted 13 January 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0741-8329(03)00015-6

Alcohol
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 131-135 , April 2003

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