Woods, Nancy Fugate.

Gender Differences in Susceptibility to Environmental Factors : A Priority Assessment. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (93 pages)

Gender Differences in Susceptibility to Environmental Factors: A Priority Assessment -- Copyright -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Workshop Report -- ORGANIZING MEETING -- WORKSHOP -- SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS FROM THE WORKSHOP -- Discussion Points from the Presentations -- Opportunities for Agency Collaboration -- PRIORITY ASSESSMENT: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Conclusions -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Research Recommendations -- I. Priorities with Regard to Research on Exposure -- II. Priorities with Regard to Basic Research -- III. Policy Recommendations -- CLOSING REMARKS -- A Analysis of Agency Research Portfolios -- INTRODUCTION -- Analysis of Agency Projects -- Analysis of Portfolios by Subject Category -- Environmental Exposures -- Endocrinology -- Long-Term Chronic Care -- Molecular Biology/Basic Science -- Epidemiology -- Prevention -- CONCLUSIONS -- B Summary of Workshop Presentations -- PANEL I: PATTERNS OF EXPOSURE -- Environmental Exposure in the Workplace -- Environmental Exposure and Nutrition -- Multiple Environmental Exposures Across the Lifespan -- PANEL II: PATTERNS OF SUSCEPTIBILITY -- Epidemiology, Gender, and Environmental Influences on Multiple Sclerosis -- Estrogen Receptor Knockout Mouse Studies and Implications for Differences in Susceptibility -- Gender Differences in Metabolism and Susceptibility to Environmental Exposures -- Molecular Markers of Carcinogenesis: Gender Differences -- C Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Glossary -- ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- GLOSSARY -- D Workshop Agenda, Speakers, and Participants -- PANEL I: PATTERNS OF EXPOSURE AMONG WOMEN -- PANEL II: PATTERNS OF SUSCEPTIBILITY -- PANEL III: GENERAL DISCUSSION -- E Biographies of Workshop Speakers -- F References and Suggested Reading -- G Committee Biographies -- STAFF.

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Environmental health-Congresses.
Disease susceptibility-Congresses.
Sex factors in disease-Congresses.


Electronic books.

RA565.A2 G44 1998

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