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Diet and human immune function /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hughes, David A., Darlington, Gail, Bendich, Adrianne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2004]
Series:Nutrition and health (Totowa, N.J.)
Subjects:
Immune System > drug effects.
Immune System > physiology.
Diet > adverse effects.
Immune System Diseases > diet therapy.
Immune System Diseases > etiology.
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena > physiology.
Table of Contents:
  • The basics of immunology for the non-immunologist
  • Assessment of human immune response
  • Effects of infection on nutritional and immune status
  • Neonatal nutrition and immunity
  • Nutrition and immunity in the elderly
  • Vitamin A
  • Vitamin C
  • Vitamin E
  • Carotenoids
  • Multivitamins
  • Iron
  • Selenium
  • Zinc
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Osteoporosis, nutrition, and the immune system
  • HIV infection
  • Probiotics and immunomodulation
  • Dietary fat, immunity, and cancer
  • Exercise, cytokines, and lymphocytes : nutritional and metabolic aspects
  • Military studies and nutritional immunology : undernutrition
  • Air pollution, reactive oxygen species, and allergic bronchial asthma : the therapeutic role of antioxidants
  • Use of drugs that affect nutrition and immune function