Low carotenoid concentration and the risk of HIV seroconversion in Pune, India

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 352-359

  Mehendale, Sanjay M ^a,d   Shepherd, Mary E ^c   Brookmeyer, Ronald S ^c   Semba, Richard D ^c   Divekar, Anand D ^a   Gangakhedkar, Raman R ^a   Joshi, Smita ^a   Risbud, Arun R ^a   Paranjape, Ramesh S ^a   Gadkari, Deepak A ^b   Bollinger, Robert C ^c  

^a NationaI AIDS Research Institute   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Seroconversion; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0035309827     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-200104010-00012     Document Type: Article

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