Title: A life course approach to women's health /
Authors: Kuh, Diana.; Hardy, Rebecca.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Risk Assessment; Life Style; Attitude to Health; Women's Health; Women Health and hygiene.; Health promotion.; Epidemiology Longitudinal studies.; Lifestyles Health aspects Longitudinal studies.; Women Health risk assessment.
Abstract: How far is the health of middle-aged and older women shaped by biological, social, and psychological processes that begin in pre-natal development, childhood, adolescence, or early adult life? In this book, a group of international experts critically review the latest scientific evidence.
Contents: A life course approach to women's health : does the past predict the present? / Diana Kuh and Rebecca Hardy -- A life course approach to women's reproductive health / Janet Rich-Edwards -- Commentary / Susan Morton -- Breast cancer aetiology : where do we go from here? / Isabel dos Santos Silva and Bianca L. De Stavola -- Commentary / Nancy Potischman -- Menopause and gynaecological disorders : a life course perspective / Rebecca Hardy and Diana Kuh -- Commentary / Sybil Crawford and Catherine Johannes -- A life course approach to coronary heart disease and stroke / Debbie A. Lawlor, Shah Ebrahim, and George Davey Smith -- Commentary / Catherine Law -- A life course approach to diabetes / Helen M. Colhoun and Nish Chaturvedi -- Commentary / Janet Rich-Edwards -- A life course approach to musculoskeletal ageing : muscle strength, osteoporosis, and osteoarthritis / Joan Bassey, Avan Aihie Sayer, and Cyrus Cooper -- Commentary / Jane Cauley --^