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The Tromsø Heart Study: Distribution of, and determinants for, gamma-glutamyltransferase in a free-living population

Egil Arnesen Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Oslo, Norway
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Nils-Erik Huseby Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, Oslo, Norway
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Tormod Brenn Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Oslo, Norway
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Kenneth Try Division of Clinical Chemistry, University Teaching Hospital of Tromsø, in co-operation with the National Mass Radiography Service, Oslo, Norway
Pages 63-70 | Received 15 May 1985, Accepted 26 Aug 1985, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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