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Factors associated with elevated alanine aminotransferase in employees of a German chemical company: results of a large cross-sectional study

Published Online: 2021-01-09

Published Print: 2021-12

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Claus, Matthias

Antoni, Christoph

Hofmann, Bernd
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Article History

Received: 18 August 2020

Accepted: 4 January 2021

First Online: 9 January 2021

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The retrospective analysis of routine data gathered during the check-ups was approved by the ethical committee of the medical association of the German State of Rhineland-Palatinate (Reference number: 837.448.13 (9133)). Prior to participation in the check-up, verbal informed consent was obtained from all participants, which was approved by the ethical committee of the medical association of the German State of Rhineland-Palatinate and the workers’ council of the company. Verbal informed consent was deemed sufficient as only anonymized data are published which prevents any conclusions to be drawn to individual persons.

: Not applicable.

: MC and BH are employees of BASF SE. BH owns shares of BASF SE. The authors declare that there are no further conflicts of interest.

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