Handbook of nutrition and immunity /
Because nutrient deficiencies can alter immune response to produce a higher incidence of infection and increased mortality-especially in children-it is important in clinical practice, both as a therapeutic and preventive measure, to determine whether the patient is malnourished. In Handbook of Nutri...
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Totowa, N.J. :
Humana Press,
[2004]
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Table of Contents:
- Evaluation of immune function in the nutritionally at-risk patient / Carlo Selmi [and others]
- The field assessment of nutrition / M.K. Hendricks and Greg Hussey
- The pregnant and lactating woman / Rachel Gitau and Suzanne Filteau
- Severe undernutrition and immunity / Alan A. Jackson and Philip C. Calder
- Infection, immunity, and vitamins / Usha Ramakrishnan, Amy L. Webb, and Karen Ologoudou
- Trace elements/minerals and immunity / Carl L. Keen [and others].
- Dietary fat and immunity in humans / Kent L. Erickson, Darshan S. Kelley, and Neil E. Hubbard
- Allergies and nutrition / Christopher Chang
- Antioxidant nutrition and immunity / Laurence S. Harbige and M. Eric Gershwin
- Probiotics and prebiotics / Andrea T. Borchers, Carl L. Keen, and M. Eric Gershwin
- Malaria and immunity / Clara Menéndez and Carlota Dobaño
- Acute respiratory infections / Ian D. Riley
- Diarrhea and other gastrointestinal diseases / Douglas L. Taren
- HIV / Annamaria Kiure and Wafaie Fawzi
- Summary and future directions / Penelope Nestel and Ritu Nalubola.