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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
6
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1987-7-13
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Results of our study suggest that white Southern male homosexuals without clinical evidence of AIDS who patronize "gay bars" may have significant zinc deficiency and moderately depressed T-helper/T-suppressor cell ratios. No single causative factor could be identified to explain the significantly low zinc and elevated copper levels measured in whole blood, as well as the depressed OKT4/OKT8 cell ratios. Seventy-four percent of the homosexual male subjects were "recreational" drug abusers, 81% used inhalant nitrites routinely, and 41% routinely treated themselves with antibiotics. Eighty-one percent practiced active and/or passive penile-oral insertion, and 55.5% practiced both active and passive anal intercourse. Of the latter, 19% reported anal bleeding. Clinically inapparent, though statistically significant, borderline immunodeficiency and aberrant zinc and copper levels may be a consequence of multiple factors comprising the gay bar life-style.
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| pubmed:grant | |
| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Jun
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| pubmed:issn |
0038-4348
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
80
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
687-91, 697
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:2954211-Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,
pubmed-meshheading:2954211-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:2954211-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:2954211-Copper,
pubmed-meshheading:2954211-Evaluation Studies as Topic,
pubmed-meshheading:2954211-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:2954211-Health Status,
pubmed-meshheading:2954211-Homosexuality,
pubmed-meshheading:2954211-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:2954211-Immune Tolerance,
pubmed-meshheading:2954211-Leukocyte Count,
pubmed-meshheading:2954211-Life Style,
pubmed-meshheading:2954211-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:2954211-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:2954211-Questionnaires,
pubmed-meshheading:2954211-Sexual Behavior,
pubmed-meshheading:2954211-Substance-Related Disorders,
pubmed-meshheading:2954211-T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer,
pubmed-meshheading:2954211-T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory,
pubmed-meshheading:2954211-Zinc
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| pubmed:year |
1987
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Borderline immunodeficiency in male homosexuals: is life-style contributory?
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
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