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Lifestyle and the development of increased serum gamma-glutamyltransferase in middle-aged Japanese men

N. Nakanishi, K. Nakamura, K. Suzuki, K. Tatara Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Course of Social Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine F2, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita-shi, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Pages 429-438 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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