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By Alfred Sommer and Keith P. West, with James A. Olson and A. Catharine Ross. 438 pp., illustrated. New York, Oxford University Press, 1996. $75. ISBN 0-19-508824-7.

The authors have presented a mass of up-to-date and pertinent information in a coherent, interesting, and easily assimilable form. The strength of this work lies in its in-depth reviews of three major topics: the consequences of vitamin A deficiency, assessment of vitamin A status and prevention of deficiency, and mechanisms of the activity of vitamin A. A brief discussion of treatment and an introduction complete the work. Although it is not apparent from the title, the book focuses on vitamin A in preschool children.

The chapter on vitamin A status and immunocompetence merits reading by students of immunology, and the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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