Women, aging and health
Subtitle: nutritional intervention and women after menopause
By: invited editors, F.E. Kaiser ... [et al.].
Contributors: Kaiser, Fran E.; International Symposium "Nutrition and Aging" (1996 : Paris, France)
Series: Facts, research and intervention in geriatrics serie; Facts, research, and intervention in geriatrics
Publisher: Serdi; Springer Pub. Co.
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Paris; NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Aged women -- Health and hygiene.; Aged women -- Nutrition.; Aged.; Nutrition.; Women's Health.
Notes: Title statement taken from successive leaves.

Includes six abstracts of papers from the International Symposium "Nutrition and Aging," Paris, Dec. 6-7, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: Women, aging and health / World Health Organization; Calcium and osteoporosis [abstract] / R.P. Heaney; Vitamin D supplementation [abstract] / P. Lips; Protein intake and hip fracture [abstract] / J.-P. Bonjour, M.-A. Schursh, R. Rizzoli; Changes in body composition with aging and sarcopenia [abstract] / Wm. C. Chumlea, S.S. Guo, B. Vellas; Dietary fat and blood lipid responses [abstract] / D.J. McNamara; Blood cholesterol and mortality risk in the elderly [abstract] / R.A. Kronmal; Disability in older women / L.P. Fried, J.-M. Guralnik, E. Simonsick, J.D. Kasper; The menopause / H. Kamel, F.E. Kaiser; Influence of age on the structure and function in respiratory system / S. Teramoto ... [et al.]; The pros and cons of hormone replacement therapy in the female / C.A. Cefalu, M.L. Marziano; Analytic quantification of skin changes during climacteric aging and hormone replacement therapy / G. Piérard ... [et al.]; Older women's expectations regarding future supportive housing and long term care / J.T. Robison; Osteoporosis / P.D. Ross; Sex difference in improvement of ADL after behavioral therapy for functional urinary incontinence in elderly inpatients / K. Toba ... [et al.].