A population-based epidemiological study of human T-cell leukemia virus type I infection in Kin-Hu, Kinmen

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 569-573

  Chen, Yi Ming A ^a   Lin, Hui Ching ^a   Chou, Pesus ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHINA; FEMALE; HTLV-I ANTIBODIES; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0029916445     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960301)65:5<569::AID-IJC3>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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