Shetty, Prakash S. <br/><br/>
Nutrition, immunity and infection  [[Book] /] 
Prakash Shetty. 
 - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ;  Cambridge, Mass. :  CABI,  c2010. 
 - xvii, 206 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
 - Modular texts .
 - Modular texts. .
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-198) and index. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-198) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> All age. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780851995311 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009051405 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Malnutrition--Immunological aspects.<br/>Communicable diseases--Nutritional aspects.<br/>Immunity--Nutritional aspects.<br/>Malnutrition--complications.<br/>Communicable Diseases--complications.<br/>Communicable Diseases--immunology.<br/>Immunity.<br/>Malnutrition--immunology.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.39079 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WD 100  / S N