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Title:   Author  item
                                            Stephensen, Charlesitem
                                            Zunino, Susan
  Submitted to: Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease
                                    Publication Type: Book / Chapter
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 1/20/2011
                                    Publication  Date: 12/18/2012
                                    Citation: Stephensen, C.B., Zunino, S.J. 2012. Nutrition and the immune system. In: Ross, C., Caballero, B., Cousins, R., Tucker, K., Ziegler, T., editors. Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease. 11th edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a division of Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. p. 601-610.Interpretive Summary: Nutritional status can affect many aspects of immunity, and thus host resistance to infectious disease, or susceptibility to development of chronic disease.  In this chapter the authors describe the basic organization and functions of the innate and adaptive immune system.  In addition, the effects of specific nutrients on immunity are described, including vitamin A, C, D, E, iron, zinc and fatty acids.
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