title: Serum ferritin as a marker of alcohol consumption in working men.
abstract: For 576 working men the relationship between reported recent alcohol consumption, serum ferritin, mean cell volume, and gamma glutamyl transferase was studied. Serum ferritin was significantly increased in heavy drinkers, but as a screening test it failed to yield a useful advantage over a combination of mean cell volume and gamma glutamyl transferase.
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D004909:Erythrocyte Indices; D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D008297:Male; D012606:Scotland; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D005293:Ferritins; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase