Micronutrients and the pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus infection

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 181-189

  Semba, Richard D ^a,b   Tang, A M ^a  

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

^b Ocular Immunology Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus; Malnutrition; Micronutrients

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; SELENIUM; ZINC;

DIARRHEA; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNITY; MALABSORPTION; MINERAL INTAKE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0032939498     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114599000379     Document Type: Review

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