Physiology of Substance Abuse

Alcohol, Drugs of Abuse, and Immune Functions

1st Edition

Edited By Ronald R. Watson
May 04, 1995

Substance abusers are an immunocompromised population, vulnerable to a wide array of new and resurgent infectious diseases - in spite of modern treatment. For example, opportunistic infections like tuberculosis are the principal cause of morbidity and mortality in HIV positive patients. Alcohol- ...