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Strategies for protecting your child's immune system : tools for parents and parents-to-be / Rodney R. Dietert, Janice Dietert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dietert, Rodney R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immune system--Popular works.
- Immune system.
- Immunology--Popular works.
- Immunology.
- Immunologic diseases--Popular works.
- Immunologic diseases.
- Children--Diseases--Immunological aspects--Popular works.
- Children.
- Parenting.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (300 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ""Strategies for Protecting Your Child's Immune System"" is the first book to focus on prevention of environmental damage to the immune system of embryos, babies and older children. It provides expecting and existing parents, their families and physicians with science-based information to protect and proactively manage their child's immune system. Environmental exposures (pollutants, allergens, drugs, diet, physical factors) in the home, school and community can damage the developing immune system and increase the risk of lifelong chronic diseases such as allergies, asthma, type 1 diabetes, ce
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The basic science
- pt. 2. Specific strategies
- pt. 3. Specific factors
- pt. 4. Safety testing.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-76143-9
- 9786612761430
- 981-4287-10-5
- OCLC:
- 670430029
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