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Handbook of Nutrition and Immunity
. Ed(S): Gershwin, M. E.; Nestel, Penelope; Keen, Carl
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Description for Handbook of Nutrition and Immunity
Hardback. Reviews the practical aspects related to evaluating nutrition and immunology in the field. This work offers the busy physician and investigator an understanding of the essential immunological facts in adult and child nutrition. It explains the role of nutrition in the case of health issues, such as HIV, malaria, food allergies, and diarrhea. Editor(s): Gershwin, M. E.; Nestel, Penelope; Keen, Carl. Num Pages: 365 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBNH3; MJCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1560.
Several years ago, two of us published a full-length textbook entitled Nutrition and Immunology: Principles and Practice. The book was aca demically successful and well received by our peers. Our colleagues commented that while the book was eminently suitable for a library, there was still an intellectual need for a more concise volume on nutrition and immunology for health care providers and scientists working at the inter face of delivering therapeutic and/or preventive health care. We agreed and decided that a book focused on issues relevant to laboratory workers and to developing countries would be valuable. We invited well-known experts ... Read more
Several years ago, two of us published a full-length textbook entitled Nutrition and Immunology: Principles and Practice. The book was aca demically successful and well received by our peers. Our colleagues commented that while the book was eminently suitable for a library, there was still an intellectual need for a more concise volume on nutrition and immunology for health care providers and scientists working at the inter face of delivering therapeutic and/or preventive health care. We agreed and decided that a book focused on issues relevant to laboratory workers and to developing countries would be valuable. We invited well-known experts ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
365
Condition
New
Number of Pages
365
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9781588293084
SKU
V9781588293084
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Handbook of Nutrition and Immunity
"This is a fascinating book about how nutrition affects immunity...of great value to those caregivers in the third world and also for those working in the laboratory with infectious diseases..." - Practical Gastroenterology "This handbook provides a concise analysis of peer reviewed works that have examined the role of nutrition and immune defenses." - Doody's Health Sciences ... Read more