Nutrition, immunity, and infection - Shetty, Prakash S (Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, Mass. : CABI, 2010)
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
Includes bibliographical references and index
1 13
Keywords: Communicable diseases -- Nutritional aspects; Immunity -- Nutritional aspects; Malnutrition -- Immunological aspects; Communicable Diseases -- complications; Malnutrition -- complications