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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 |
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