Findings from the Miyazaki Cohort Study

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Mueller, Nancy ^a   Okayama, Akihiko ^b   Stuver, Sherri ^a   Tachibana, Nobuyoshi ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c Oita Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1; Immunosuppression; Oncogenesis; Transmission

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENESIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JAPAN; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS INFECTION;

HTLV; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1;

EID: 0029737978     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199600001-00002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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