Symposium on 'nutrition, infection and immunity': Nutrition and immunology: From the clinic to cellular biology and back again

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 681-683

  Chandra, R K ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Immune responses; Infection; Low birth weight infants; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; AGING; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; T LYMPHOCYTE; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

HUMANS; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; IRON; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN; ZINC;

EID: 0033169826     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0029665199000890     Document Type: Conference Paper

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