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Nutrition and Traumatic Brain Injury Improving Acute and Subacute Health Outcomes in Military Personnel

Title
Nutrition and Traumatic Brain Injury Improving Acute and Subacute Health Outcomes in Military Personnel / John Erdman, Maria Oria, and Laura Pillsbury, editors ; Committee on Nutrition, Trauma, and the Brain, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Author
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Nutrition, Trauma, and the Brain
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Erdman, John
  • Oria, Maria
  • Pillsbury, Laura, 1984-
Description
xii, 431 p. : ill. ; 26; cm.
Summary
"Traumatic brain injury (TBI) accounts for up to one-third of combat-related injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to some estimates. TBI is also a major problem among civilians, especially those who engage in certain sports. At the request of the Department of Defense, the IOM examined the potential role of nutrition in the treatment of and resilience against TBI."--Publisher's website.
Subject
  • Brain damage > Alternative treatment
  • Brain > Wounds and injuries > Nutritional aspects
  • Medicine, Military > United States
  • Brain Damage, Chronic
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available online.
ISBN
  • 9780309210089
  • 0309210089
OCLC
  • ocn730412358
  • 730412358
  • SCSB-8859043
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