Solar ultraviolet radiation exposure does not appear to exacerbate HIV infection in homosexual men

AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1773-1778

  Saah, Alfred J ^a   Horn, Thomas D ^b   Hoover, Donald R ^a   Chen, Chi ^a   Whitmore, S Elizabeth ^b   Flynn, Colin ^a   Wesch, Jerry ^c   Detels, Roger ^d   Anderson, Roger ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV 1 activation; HIV 1 progression; Ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HELPER CELL; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SUNLIGHT; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0030732824     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199714000-00015     Document Type: Article

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