Women and Health Book

	Contributors
	Preface
Pt. I	Women, Health, and Medicine
Sect. 1	Why Women's Health?	3
1	An Overview of Women and Health	5
2	Gender, Race, and Class: From Epidemiologic Association to Etiologic Hypotheses	15
Sect. 2	The Role of Women in Health Care and Research	25
3	Role of Advocacy Groups in Research on Women's Health	27
4	State-of-the-Art Methods for Women's Health Research	37
5	Gender Issues in Women's Health Care	50
6	Women's Health and Managed Care	55
7	Lesbian Health Research	64
Pt. II	Sexual and Reproductive Health
Sect. 3	Reproductive Health	81
8	Puberty and Adolescent Pregnancy	85
9	Menstruation and Menstrual Disorders: The Epidemiology of Menstruation and Menstrual Dysfunction	99
10	Premenstrual Syndrome	114
11	Women's Fecundability and Factors Affecting It	126
12	Contraception	138
13	Induced Abortion	160
14	Maternal Morbidity	171
15	Labor and Delivery	182
16	Infertility	196
17	Assisted Reproductive Technologies	215
18	Endometriosis	226
19	Uterine Leiomyomata	240
20	Hysterectomy	253
Sect. 4	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	269
21	Chlamydia	273
22	Gonococcal Infection in Women	285
23	Syphilis in Women	302
24	Genital Herpes	311
25	Human Papilloma Virus Infection in Women	324
26	Human Immunodeficiency Virus and AIDS in Women	336
27	Vaginal Infections	352
28	Urinary Tract Infection	361
29	Pelvic Inflammatory Disease	369
30	The Interrelationship of Reproductive Health and Sexually Transmitted Diseases	381
Sect. 5	International Women's Health	391
31	Maternal Mortality and Morbidity	395
32	Female Circumcision/Female Genital Mutilation	404
33	Women and HIV/AIDS: A Global Perspective: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Challenges	420
34	Human Rights and Women's Health	428
Pt. III	Occupational, Environmental, and Social Determinants of Health
Sect. 6	Women at Work	441
35	Employment Patterns and Health among U.S. Working Women	447
36	Multiple Roles and Complex Exposures: Hard-to-Pin-Down Risks for Working Women	455
37	Reproductive Hazards in the Workplace	463
38	Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: Is There a Gender Differential, and if So, What Does It Mean?	474
39	Occupational Cancer	492
40	Indoor Air Quality	503
41	Women's Occupational Health: International Perspectives	514
Sect. 7	Social Determinants of Health	523
42	Violence against Women	529
43	Socioeconomic Inequalities in Women's Health	541
44	Women, Stress, and Health	553
45	Cigarette Smoking: Trends, Determinants, and Health Effects	563
46	Nutrition, Weight, and Body Image	578
47	Alcohol Use and Abuse	589
Sect. 8	Environmental Exposures	599
48	The Environment and Women's Health: An Overview	601
49	Evidence for the Role of Environment in Women's Health: Geographical and Temporal Trends in Health Indicators	607
50	Environmental Exposures and Women's Reproductive Health	625
51	Environmental Exposures and Cancer	634
Pt. IV	Chronic Disease
Sect. 9	Autoimmune Disorders	651
52	Thyroid Diseases	655
53	Rheumatoid Arthritis	674
54	Multiple Sclerosis	686
55	Systemic Lupus Erythematosus	704
56	Asthma	724
57	Sjogren's Syndrome	740
Sect. 10	Cardiovascular Disease and Cardiovascular Risk in Women	753
58	Overview of Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease	757
59	Diagnosis and Treatment of Heart Disease in Women	771
60	Hormonal Milieu and Heart Disease	782
61	Emotions and Heart Disease	789
62	Cerebrovascular Disease in Women	797
63	Venous Thromboembolism	811
64	Diabetes in Women	819
65	Obesity	830
66	Coronary Heart Disease, Lipid Metabolism, and Steroid Hormones in Women	839
Sect. 11	Cancer	855
67	Cancers in Women	863
68	Breast Cancer Epidemiology, Treatment, and Prevention	871
69	Inherited Genetic Susceptibility and Breast Cancer	884
70	Breast Cancer Screening	895
71	Ovarian Cancer	907
72	Endometrial Cancer	916
73	Cervical Cancer	932
74	Cervical Cancer Screening	942
75	Epidemiology of Lung Cancer in Women	949
76	Colon and Rectal Cancer in Women	962
77	Cancer Prevention for Women	977
Sect. 12	Mental Disorders	987
78	Mental Illness in Women	989
79	Gender and Mood Disorders	997
80	Anxiety Disorders in Women	1010
81	Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)	1024
82	Eating Disorders	1032
83	Addictive Disorders	1042
Sect. 13	Poorly Understood Conditions	1055
84	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	1059
85	Fibromyalgia	1068
86	Epidemiology of Headache in Women: Emphasis on Migraine	1084
87	Irritable Bowel Syndrome	1098
88	Interstitial Cystitis	1110
89	Temporamandibular Disorders	1120
90	Multiple Chemical Sensitivity	1129
Pt. V	Geriatric Health
Sect. 14	Aging	1143
91	Morbidity, Disability, and Mortality	1147
92	Menopause: Its Epidemiology	1155
93	The Risks and Benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy - Weighing the Evidence	1169
94	Osteoporosis	1182
95	Osteoarthritis and Other Musculoskeletal Diseases	1192
96	Urinary Incontinence	1202
97	Sensory Impairment	1212
98	Alzheimer's Disease	1227
99	Successful Aging	1238
100	Epilogue	1251
	Epidemiology Glossary	1253
	Index	1257