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Gender differences in susceptibility to environmental factors : a priority assessment : workshop report / Committee on Gender Differences in Susceptibility to Environmental Factors, Division of Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine ; Valerie Petit Setlow, C. Elaine Lawson and Nancy Fugate Woods, Editors.

Title
Gender differences in susceptibility to environmental factors : a priority assessment : workshop report / Committee on Gender Differences in Susceptibility to Environmental Factors, Division of Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine ; Valerie Petit Setlow, C. Elaine Lawson and Nancy Fugate Woods, Editors.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Lawson, C. Elaine
  • Setlow, Valerie
  • Woods, Nancy Fugate
  • Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Gender Differences in Susceptibility to Environmental Factors
Description
xii, 79 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
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.
Subject
  • Women's Health
  • Sex Factors
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Disease Susceptibility
  • Disease susceptibility > Congresses
  • Environmental health > Congresses
  • Sex factors in disease > Congresses
Genre/Form
  • Congress
  • Conference papers and proceedings
Note
  • "The Committee met twice ... and held a scientific workshop in May 1997"--P. 4.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 72-75).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
0309064236
OCLC
  • 39012064
  • SCSB-10172979
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library