HTLV-1 infection in a population-based cohort of older persons in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa: Risk factors and impact on survival

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 293-298

  Melbye, Mads ^a,b   Poulsen, Anne Grethe ^a,b   Gallo, Dana ^c   Pedersen, Jakob B ^a,b   Biggar, Robert J ^d   Larsen, Olav ^a,b   Dias, Francisco ^e   Aaby, Peter ^a,b  

^a Projecto de Saúde de Bandim ^*  (Guinea-Bissau)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e MINSAP   (Guinea-Bissau)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; GUINEA-BISSAU; HIV INFECTIONS; LENGTH OF LIFE; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORTUGUESE SPEAKING AFRICA; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORSHIP; VIRAL DISEASES; WESTERN AFRICA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-2; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031800693     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19980504)76:3<293::AID-IJC1>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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