Gender Differences in Susceptibility to Environmental Factors

A Priority Assessment

Institute of Medicine, Committee on Gender Differences in Susceptibility to Environmental Factors (Autoren)

Nancy Fugate Woods, C. Elaine Lawson, Valerie Petit Setlow (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

96 Seiten

1998
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-06423-1 (ISBN)

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In 1996 the Institute of Medicine was asked to conduct a workshop study to review some of the federal research programs devoted to women's health. This book contains a general outline of research needs, a summary of the workshop proceedings, and an analysis of the participating federal agencies' research portfolios.

Women's health and men's health differ in a variety of ways—women live longer on average, for example, but tend to be sicker as well. Whereas some of these distinctions are based solely on gender, there is growing awareness that the environment and related factors may play a role in creating health status differences between men and women. Various factors, such as genetics and hormones, may account for gender differences in susceptibility to environmental factors.

In 1996 the Office for Research on Women's Health at the National Institutes of Health asked the Institute of Medicine to conduct a workshop study to review some of the current federal research programs devoted to women's health and to clarify the state of knowledge regarding gender-related differences in susceptibility. This book contains a general outline of research needs, a summary of the workshop proceedings (as well as summaries of the speakers' presentations), and an analysis of the participating federal agencies' research portfolios.

Table of Contents

Front Matter
Executive Summary
Workshop Report
Appendix A: Analysis of Agency Research Portfolios
Appendix B: Summary of Workshop Presentations
Appendix C: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Glossary
Appendix D: Workshop Agenda, Speakers, and Participants
Appendix E: Biographies of Workshop Speakers
Appendix F: References and Suggested Reading
Appendix G: Committee Biographies

Valerie Petit Setlow, C. Elaine Lawson, and Nancy Fugate Woods, Editors; Committee on Gender Differences in Susceptibility to Environmental Factors, Institute of Medicine

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 Workshop Report; 4 Appendix A: Analysis of Agency Research Portfolios; 5 Appendix B: Summary of Workshop Presentations; 6 Appendix C: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Glossary; 7 Appendix D: Workshop Agenda, Speakers, and Participants; 8 Appendix E: Biographies of Workshop Speakers; 9 Appendix F: References and Suggested Reading; 10 Appendix G: Committee Biographies

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.4.1998
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-309-06423-6 / 0309064236
ISBN-13	978-0-309-06423-1 / 9780309064231
Zustand	Neuware