Nevin S Scrimshaw

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Publications

  1. ncbi Fifty-five-year personal experience with human nutrition worldwide
    Nevin S Scrimshaw
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
    Annu Rev Nutr 27:1-18. 2007
  2. ncbi INCAP studies of endemic goiter and its prevention
    Nevin S Scrimshaw
    International Nutrition Foundation, USA
    Food Nutr Bull 31:111-7. 2010
  3. ncbi INCAP studies of nutrition and infection
    Nevin S Scrimshaw
    International Nutrition Foundation, USA
    Food Nutr Bull 31:54-67. 2010
  4. ncbi Prologue: historical introduction. Immunonutrition in health and disease
    Nevin S Scrimshaw
    International Nutrition Foundation 150 Harrison Avenue, Room 232 Boston, MA 02111, USA
    Br J Nutr 98:S3-4. 2007
  5. ncbi INCAP studies of kwashiorkor and marasmus
    Nevin S Scrimshaw
    International Nutrition Foundation, USA
    Food Nutr Bull 31:34-41. 2010
  6. ncbi History and early development of INCAP
    Nevin S Scrimshaw
    Institute Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 4307, USA
    J Nutr 140:394-6. 2010
  7. ncbi Effect of lysine supplementation on health and morbidity in subjects belonging to poor peri-urban households in Accra, Ghana
    Shibani Ghosh
    Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation, Boston, MA 02111, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 92:928-39. 2010
  8. ncbi Vernon R Young: the man, the scientist, the visionary
    Nevin S Scrimshaw
    International Nutrition Foundation, Boston, MA, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 83:496S-499S. 2006
  9. ncbi Impact of lysine-fortified wheat flour on morbidity and immunologic variables among members of rural families in northwest Syria
    Shibani Ghosh
    International Nutrition Foundation, 150 Harrison Avenue, Room 254, Boston, MA 02111, USA
    Food Nutr Bull 29:163-71. 2008
  10. ncbi Historical concepts of interactions, synergism and antagonism between nutrition and infection
    Nevin S Scrimshaw
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
    J Nutr 133:316S-321S. 2003

Detail Information

Publications13

  1. ncbi Fifty-five-year personal experience with human nutrition worldwide
    Nevin S Scrimshaw
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
    Annu Rev Nutr 27:1-18. 2007
    ....
  2. ncbi INCAP studies of endemic goiter and its prevention
    Nevin S Scrimshaw
    International Nutrition Foundation, USA
    Food Nutr Bull 31:111-7. 2010
    ..Compulsory iodation of salt in other developing countries followed with comparable results. This method is now used in worldwide campaigns against iodine deficiency in developing countries...
  3. ncbi INCAP studies of nutrition and infection
    Nevin S Scrimshaw
    International Nutrition Foundation, USA
    Food Nutr Bull 31:54-67. 2010
    ....
  4. ncbi Prologue: historical introduction. Immunonutrition in health and disease
    Nevin S Scrimshaw
    International Nutrition Foundation 150 Harrison Avenue, Room 232 Boston, MA 02111, USA
    Br J Nutr 98:S3-4. 2007
  5. ncbi INCAP studies of kwashiorkor and marasmus
    Nevin S Scrimshaw
    International Nutrition Foundation, USA
    Food Nutr Bull 31:34-41. 2010
    ..The value of the creatinine/height index to indicate the degree of lean body cell mass with any disease is demonstrated...
  6. ncbi History and early development of INCAP
    Nevin S Scrimshaw
    Institute Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 4307, USA
    J Nutr 140:394-6. 2010
    ..Several field studies were launched that contributed impetus and design elements for the Oriente Longitudinal Study, which is the focus of this supplement...
  7. ncbi Effect of lysine supplementation on health and morbidity in subjects belonging to poor peri-urban households in Accra, Ghana
    Shibani Ghosh
    Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation, Boston, MA 02111, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 92:928-39. 2010
    ..Lysine affects diarrhea and anxiety via effects on serotonin receptors, enhanced intestinal repair, and sodium chloride-dependent opioid peptide transport...
  8. ncbi Vernon R Young: the man, the scientist, the visionary
    Nevin S Scrimshaw
    International Nutrition Foundation, Boston, MA, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 83:496S-499S. 2006
  9. ncbi Impact of lysine-fortified wheat flour on morbidity and immunologic variables among members of rural families in northwest Syria
    Shibani Ghosh
    International Nutrition Foundation, 150 Harrison Avenue, Room 254, Boston, MA 02111, USA
    Food Nutr Bull 29:163-71. 2008
    ..Previous studies have shown an effect of lysine fortification on nutrition and immunity of poor men, women, and children consuming a predominantly wheat-based diet...
  10. ncbi Historical concepts of interactions, synergism and antagonism between nutrition and infection
    Nevin S Scrimshaw
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
    J Nutr 133:316S-321S. 2003
    ..Today, recognition of the synergistic relationship between nutrition and infection influences most public health interventions to prevent malnutrition...
  11. ncbi Mysore Declaration: capacity strengthening in nutrition
    Nevin S Scrimshaw
    Food Nutr Bull 27:267-9. 2006
  12. ncbi Quality protein maize
    Nevin S Scrimshaw
    Food Nutr Bull 27:265-6. 2006
  13. ncbi Charles Glen King: October 22, 1896-January 23, 1988
    John E Halver
    Biogr Mem Natl Acad Sci 88:214-27. 2006