Military strategies for sustainment of nutrition and immune function in the field /
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press,
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Table of Contents:
- Committee summary, responses to questions, conclusions and recommendations
- A review of the role of nutrition in immune function
- Committee responses to questions
- Committee conclusions and recommendations
- Stage setting: the military situation
- Why is the Army interested in nutrition and immune function? / Karl E. Friedl
- Physiological and immunological impact of U.S. Army Special Operations training: a model for the assessment of nutritional intervention effects on temporary immunosuppression / Ronald L. Shippee
- Immune function studies during the Ranger training course of the Norwegian Military Academy / Pal Wiik
- Introduction to immune function
- Nutrition and immune responses: what do we know? / Ranjit Kumar Chandra
- Cytokines and nutritional status: possible correlations and investigations / Jeffrey L. Rossio
- Assessment
- Methodological issues in assessment of human immune function / Susanna Cunningham-Rundles
- Application of whole-blood cultures to field study measurements of cellular immune functions in vitro / Tim R. Kramer
- Nutrition
- Glutamine / Douglas W. Wilmore
- Vitamin A and immune function / Richard D. Semba
- Vitamin E, Vitamin C, and immune response: recent advances / Laura C. Rall, Simin Nikbin Meydani
- Fatty acids and immune functions / Darshan S. Kelley
- Iron metabolism, microbial virulence, and host defenses / Gerald T. Keusch
- Trace minerals, immune function, and viral evolution / Melinda A. Beck
- Health and stress
- Exercise, infection, and immunity: practical applications / David C. Nieman
- Neuroendocrine consequences of systemic inflammation / Seymour Reichlin
- Inflammatory stress and the immune system / Leonard P. Kapcala
- Chronobiology of the immune system / Erhard Haus
- Conclusions: military important issues identified in this report / William R. Beisel
- Appendixes
- Overview of the immune system and other host defense mechanisms / William R. Beisel
- Glossary of immunological terms / William R. Beisel
- Overview of immune assessment tests
- Emerging infections, nutritional status, and immunity / presentation by Stephen S. Morse, edited by William R. Beisel.