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Research Article| Volume 1, ISSUE 4, P631-645, December 1981

Immunocompetence

  • R.K. Chandra
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    Corresponding author: Janeway Child Health Center, St. John’s, Newfoundland AIA 1R8, Canada
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    Professor of Pediatric Research, Department of Pediatrics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

    Associate Program Director and Visiting Professor of Nutrition and Immunology, Clinical Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-2712(18)31070-9
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      Compromised immunity is often associated with nutritional deficiency and may be an important factor contributing to susceptibility to frequent, severe infection. Although many questions remain and the specificity of tests of immunocompetence is debatable, recent studies have documented the usefulness of employing immunocompetence as a functional measure of nutrition.
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