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Part 1: The Immune System -- The Immune System: an Overview G. Devereux -- Evaluation of the Effects of Nutrients on Immune Function S. Cunningham-Rundles -- Part 2: Individual Nutrients, Infection and Immune Function -- Effect of Post-natal Protein Malnutrition and Intrauterine Growth Retardation on Immunity and Risk of Infection R.K. Chandra -- Fatty Acids, Inflammation and Immunity PC. Calder and C.J. Field -- Arginine and Immune Function M.D. Duff and J.M. Daly -- Glutamine and the Immune System PC. Calder and P Newsholme -- Sulphur Amino Acids, Glutathione and Immune Function R.F Grimble -- Vitamin A, Infection and Immune Function R.D. Semba -- Antioxidant Vitamins and Immune Function D.A. Hughes -- Zinc, Infection and Immune Function A.S. Prasad -- Role of Iron in Immunity and Infection S. Kuvibidila and B.S. Baliga -- Selenium and the Immune System R.C. McKenzie, J.R. Arthur, S.M. Miller, TS. Rafferty and G.J. Beckett -- Probiotics and Immune Function H.S. Gill and M.L. Cross Part 3: Nutrition and Immunity through the Life Cycle -- Role of Local Immunity and Breast-feeding in Mucosal Homoeostasis and Defence against Infections P Brandtzaeg -- Food Allergy E. Opara -- Exercise and Immune Function - Effect of Nutrition E.W. Petersen and B.K. Pedersen -- Nutrition and Ageing of the Immune System B. Lesourd, A. Raynaud-Simon and L. Mazari -- Nutrition, Infection and Immunity: Public Health Implications A. Tomkins. |
