SELF-REPORTED ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND ASSOCIATION TO CARBOHYDRATE-DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN AND GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE IN A RANDOM SAMPLE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF KARELIA, RUSSIA AND IN NORTH KARELIA, FINLAND

• Published in: Alcohol and Alcoholism
• Main Authors: Laatikainen, Tiina, Alho, Hannu, Vartiainen, Erkki, Jousilahti, Pekka, Sillanaukee, Pekka, Puska, Pekka
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2002
• Subjects: Human Studies; Pitkäranta; Rus’; karelia*; Republic of Karelia
• Online Access: http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/37/3/282; https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/37.3.282

— In the present study, alcohol consumption was estimated in a population survey in Pitkäranta in the Republic of Karelia, Russia (RUS) and in the neighbouring province of North Karelia in Finland (FIN) in the spring of 1997 in connection with the National FINRISK Study. Alcohol consumption was eval...