Nutrition and Wound Healing

This book provides in-depth information on the nutritional requirements for wound healing and serves as an excellent basic reference source to those involved in wound healing research. Written by an outstanding group of internationally recognized experts in the field, the text focuses on problems related to nutritional support of patients with clinical wound healing problems. This volume reviews virtually every known nutrient in relationship to its effect on wound healing and discusses basic science literature available on nutrients. Nutrition and Wound Healing is the only reference available with such a comprehensive scope and appeal to such a wide audience.