Effects of ethanol consumption on susceptibility to pulmonary and gastrointestinal infections

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 8 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Mellencamp, Martha A ^a   Jerrells, Thomas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LUNG INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029844990     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01774.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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