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Military Strategies for Sustainment of Nutrition and Immune Function in the Field (1999)
Institute of Medicine (IOM)

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APPENDIXES

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Front Matter (R1-R14)
Executive Summary (1-16)
I Committee Summary, Responses to Questions, Conclusions, and Recommendations (17-18)
1 A Review of the Role of Nutrition in Immune Function (19-98)
2 Committee Responses to Questions (99-124)
3 Committee Conclusions and Recommendations (125-135)
II Stage Setting: The Military Situation (137-138)
4 Why is the Army Interested in Nutrition and Immune Function? (139-162)
5 Physiological and Immunological Impact of U.S. Army Special Operations Training: A Model for the Assessment of Nutritional Intervention Effects on Temporary Immunosuppression (163-184)
6 Immune Function Studies During the Ranger Training Course of the Norwegian Military Academy (185-202)
III Introduction to Immune Function (203-204)
7 Nutrition and Immune Responses: What Do We Know? (205-220)
8 Cytokines and Nutritional Status: Possible Correlations and Investigations (221-232)
IV Assessment (233-234)
9 Methodological Issues in Assessment of Human Immune Function (235-248)
10 Application of Whole-Blood Cultures to Field Study Measurements (249-262)
V Nutrition (263-264)
11 Glutamine (265-278)
12 Vitamin A and Immune Function (279-288)
13 Vitamin E, Vitamin C, and Immune Response: Recent Advances (289-304)
14 Fatty Acids and Immune Functions (305-316)
15 Iron Metabolism, Microbial Virulence, and Host Defenses (317-336)
16 Trace Minerals, Immune Function, and Viral Evolution (337-359)
VI Health and Stress (361-362)
17 Exercise, Infection, and Immunity: Practial Applications (363-390)
18 Neuroendocrine Consequences of Systemic Inflammation (391-408)
19 Inflammatory Stress and the Immune System (409-436)
20 Chronobiology of the Immune System (437-496)
21 Conclusion: Militarily Important Issues Identified in this Report (497-508)
Appendixes (509-510)
Appendix A: Overview of the Immune System and Other Host Defense Mechanisms (511-526)
Appendix B: Glossary of Immunological Terms (527-536)
Appendix C: Overview of Immune Assessment Tests (537-542)
Appendix D: Emerging Infections, Nutritional Status, and Immunity (543-552)
Appendix E: Workshop Agenda (553-558)
Appendix F: Biographical Sketches (559-574)
Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations (575-580)
Appendix H: Nutrition and Immune Function: A Selected Bibliography (581-656)
Index (657-708)

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