Nutrition, immunity, and infection /
Shetty, Prakash S.
Nutrition, immunity, and infection / Prakash Shetty. - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, Mass. : CABI, c2010. - xvii, 206 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Modular texts . - Modular texts. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-198) and index.
Nutrition, immunity, and infection -- Immune systems: the defence mechanisms of the body -- Role of nutrients in immune functions -- Undernutrition, host defence mechanisms, and risk of infection -- Infections and undernutrition: causation and consequences -- Vitamin A deficiency and risk of infection -- Iron status and risk of infection -- Zinc deficiency and infections -- Nutrition, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis -- 10.nutrition, immunity, and infections of infants and children -- Maternal nutrition, infections, and birth outcomes -- Nutrition, immunity, and infections in the elderly -- Nutrition, immunity, and chronic diseases -- Probiotics, prebiotics, and immunity -- Food allergy.
9780851995311 (alk. paper)
2009051405
Malnutrition--Immunological aspects.
Communicable diseases--Nutritional aspects.
Immunity--Nutritional aspects.
Malnutrition--complications.
Communicable Diseases--complications.
Communicable Diseases--immunology.
Immunity.
Malnutrition--immunology.
RA645.N87 / S54 2010
616.3907 SHN
WD 100 / S554n 2010
Nutrition, immunity, and infection / Prakash Shetty. - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, Mass. : CABI, c2010. - xvii, 206 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Modular texts . - Modular texts. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-198) and index.
Nutrition, immunity, and infection -- Immune systems: the defence mechanisms of the body -- Role of nutrients in immune functions -- Undernutrition, host defence mechanisms, and risk of infection -- Infections and undernutrition: causation and consequences -- Vitamin A deficiency and risk of infection -- Iron status and risk of infection -- Zinc deficiency and infections -- Nutrition, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis -- 10.nutrition, immunity, and infections of infants and children -- Maternal nutrition, infections, and birth outcomes -- Nutrition, immunity, and infections in the elderly -- Nutrition, immunity, and chronic diseases -- Probiotics, prebiotics, and immunity -- Food allergy.
9780851995311 (alk. paper)
2009051405
Malnutrition--Immunological aspects.
Communicable diseases--Nutritional aspects.
Immunity--Nutritional aspects.
Malnutrition--complications.
Communicable Diseases--complications.
Communicable Diseases--immunology.
Immunity.
Malnutrition--immunology.
RA645.N87 / S54 2010
616.3907 SHN
WD 100 / S554n 2010