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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Setlow, Valerie.

Lawson, C. Elaine.

Woods, Nancy Fugate.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Gender Differences in Susceptibility to Environmental Factors.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental health--Congresses.

Environmental health.

Disease susceptibility--Congresses.

Disease susceptibility.

Sex factors in disease--Congresses.

Sex factors in disease.

Physical Description:

xiv, 79 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

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 III: GENERAL DISCUSSION

E Biographies of Workshop Speakers

F References and Suggested Reading

G Committee Biographies

STAFF.

Notes:

"The Committee met twice ... and held a scientific workshop in May 1997"--P. 4.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610186150

9780309174213

030917421X

9781280186158

1280186151

9780309593076

0309593077

9780585002484

0585002487

OCLC:

923263495