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Handbook of Nutrition and Immunity

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  • © 2004

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Editors:
  1. M. Eric Gershwin

    1. Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology, University of California School of Medicine, Davis, USA

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  2. Penelope Nestel

    1. Micronutrient Global Leadership Project, USA

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  3. Carl L. Keen

    1. Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, USA

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Evaluation of the Immune Function in the Nutritionally At-Risk Patient

    • Carlo Selmi, Pietro Invernizzi, Massimo Zuin, Aftab A. Ansari, M. Eric Gershwin
    Pages 1-18

  3. The Field Assessment of Nutrition

    • Michael K. Hendricks, Greg Hussey
    Pages 19-47

  4. The Pregnant and Lactating Woman

    • Rachel Gitau, Suzanne Filteau
    Pages 49-69

  5. Severe Undernutrition and Immunity

    • Alan A. Jackson, Philip C. Calder
    Pages 71-92

  6. Infection, Immunity, and Vitamins

    • Usha Ramakrishnan, Amy L. Webb, Karen Ologoudou
    Pages 93-115

  7. Trace Elements/Minerals and Immunity

    • Carl L. Keen, Janet Y. Uriu-Adams, Jodi L. Ensunsa, M. Eric Gershwin
    Pages 117-140

  8. Dietary Fat and Immunity in Humans

    • Kent L. Erickson, Darshan S. Kelley, Neil E. Hubbard
    Pages 141-152

  9. Allergies and Nutrition

    • Christopher Chang
    Pages 153-185

  10. Antioxidant Nutrition and Immunity

    • Laurence S. Harbige, M. Eric Gershwin
    Pages 187-211

  11. Probiotics and Prebiotics

    • Andrea T. Borchers, Carl L. Keen, M. Eric Gershwin
    Pages 213-241

  12. Malaria And Immunity

    • Clara Menéndez, Carlota Dobaňo
    Pages 243-264

  13. Acute Respiratory Infections

    • Ian Douglas Riley
    Pages 265-286

  14. Diarrhea and Other Gastrointestinal Diseases

    • Douglas L. Taren
    Pages 287-302

  15. HIV

    • Annamaria Kiure, Wafaie Fawzi
    Pages 303-337

  16. Summary and Future Directions

    • Penelope Nestel, Ritu Nalubola
    Pages 339-356

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 357-365
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About this book

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 in their fields to contribute a chapter each and asked that they err on the short rather than the long side and update cited review articles rather than original papers wherever possible. The Handbook of Nutrition and Immunity is the culmination of that process. Our intention is that the book will grow over time and new editions will fill identified voids that meet the changing needs of health care providers and scientists interested in the practical aspects related to evaluating nutrition and immunology in the field. The Handbook of Nutrition and Immunity is for those people working in both adult and child nutrition throughout the world. It is also of relevance to those in the pharmaceutical and the food industry who are interested in developing ways to evaluate both the efficacy and effective­ ness of their products.

Reviews

"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 Book Review Journal

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology, University of California School of Medicine, Davis, USA

    M. Eric Gershwin

  • Micronutrient Global Leadership Project, USA

    Penelope Nestel

  • Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, USA

    Carl L. Keen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Handbook of Nutrition and Immunity

  • Editors: M. Eric Gershwin, Penelope Nestel, Carl L. Keen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-790-1

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-58829-308-4Published: 04 June 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-9864-6Published: 14 August 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-59259-790-1Published: 04 June 2004

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 365

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Public Health, Immunology, Nutrition

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