Is alcohol a cofactor of HIV and AIDS? Evidence from immunological and behavioral studies

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 56-71

  Dingle, Genevieve A ^a   Oei, Tian P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CD4 CD8 RATIO; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; CD4-CD8 RATIO; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

EID: 0031179561     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.122.1.56     Document Type: Article

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