Nutrition, Immunity, and Infection: Mechanisms of Interactions

by R.K. Chandra and P.M. Newberne

I welcome the privilege of writing some words of introduction to this important book. Its authors have been courageous in bringing together in one text a triad of topics that cover such large tracts of biomedical sciences as epidemiology, biochemistry, immunology, and clinical medicine. Malnutrition and infection are known to be closely linked, the one promoting the other. The adaptive immune system forms a part of the link since it is responsible...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1468407864
• ISBN13: 9781468407860
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"