| Description |
xviii, 465 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
I. Psychosocial and Lifestyle Issues. 1. Socioeconomic Gradients in Health Among Men and Women / Manning Feinleib and Lillian M. Ingster. 2. Gender Differences in Response to Drugs and Environmental Toxicants / Donald R. Mattison. 3. Gender and Depression / Joyce T. Bromberger. 4. Cognition and Frailty in Older Women: Socioeconomic and Physiologic Influences / Anne B. Newman. 5. Violence Against Women / Elaine J. Alpert -- II. Sex Steroid Hormones. 6. Hormones in Women / Kathleen D. Ryan. 7. Sex Steroid Hormonal Influences on Coronary Artery Disease / Elaine Meilahn. 8. Hormonal Influences on Osteoporosis and Fractures: An Epidemiologic Perspective / Jane A. Cauley and Frances Leslie Lucas. 9. Epidemiology of Breast Cancer / Lewis H. Kuller. 10. Epidemiology of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Evelyn O. Talbott, Robert A. Wild and Karen E. Remsberg [et al.] -- III. Anatomy of the Genital Tract and Immunology. 11. Anatomy of the Female and Male Genital Tracts / Giuliana Trucco |
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12. Basic Principles of Immunology and Genital Tract Immunity / Peggy A. Crowley-Nowick. 13. Urinary Incontinence / Kathryn L. Burgio, Patricia S. Goode and Julie L. Locher [et al.]. 14. Anatomic Influences on Sexually Transmitted Bacterial Diseases / Roberta B. Ness. 15. Autoimmune Diseases / Susan Manzi and Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman -- IV. Effects of Reproduction and Contraception on Women's Health. 16. Oral Contraceptives and Hormone Replacement Therapy / Lewis H. Kuller and Roberta B. Ness. 17. Contraceptive Choices and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Women / Willard Cates, Jr. 18. Maternal Health Effects of Pregnancy / Donna Kritz-Silverstein |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Contraception.
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Estrogen -- Therapeutic use.
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Generative organs, Female.
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Reproduction.
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Sex factors in disease.
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Women -- Diseases.
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Women -- Health and hygiene.
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Estrogen Replacement Therapy.
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Genitalia, Female.
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Reproduction.
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Sex Factors.
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Women's Health.
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Contraception.
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Estrogen Replacement Therapy.
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Genitalia, Female.
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Reproduction.
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Sex Factors.
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Women's Health.
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| Author |
Kuller, Lewis H.
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Ness, Roberta B.
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| LC no. |
98005905 |
| ISBN |
0195113969 |
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