<p>It is now widely appreciated that nutrition contributes significantly to the optimal working of the immune system and hence to personal health. In Diet and Human Immune Function, leading international researchers and clinicians comprehensively detail what is known about the ability of diet to enh
Diet and human immune function
โ Scribed by David A. Hughes, L. Gail Darlington, Adrianne Bendich
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 490
- Series
- Nutrition and Health
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Third author, Adrianne Bendich, is with GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, Parsippany, NJ. Comprehensively covers the ability of diet to enhance human immune function in health, disease, and under various conditions of stress. Discusses nutritional supplements and their effect on the immune system. DNLM: Immune System--drug effects.
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