| Description |
xxviii, 546 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"A Harvard Medical School book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 521-524) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Getting started (An exciting time for women's health ; What is the Nurses' Health Study? ; Making sense of health research) -- pt. 2. Lowering the risk of diseases (Lowering the risk of coronary heart disease ; Lowering the risk of breast cancer ; Lowering the risk of lung cancer ; Lowering the risk of stroke ; Lowering the risk of diabetes ; Lowering the risk of colon cancer ; Lowering the risk of osteoporosis ; Lowering the risk of endometrial cancer ; Lowering the risk of ovarian cancer ; Lowering the risk of skin cancer ; Lowering the risk of asthma, arthritis, age-related eye disease, and Alzheimer's Disease) -- pt. 3. Changing behaviors (Physical activity ; Weight control ; Smoking ; The major nutrients--fat, carbohydrates, fiber, and protein ; Foods ; Alcohol ; Vitamins and minerals ; Postmenopausal hormones ; Birth control ; Aspirin and other anti-inflammatory medicines). |
| Summary |
Amazon.com's Best of 2001. |
| Subject |
Women -- Diseases -- Prevention.
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Women -- Health and hygiene.
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Women's Health. (DNLM)D016387
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Women -- Diseases -- Prevention.
(OCoLC)fst01176651
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Women -- Health and hygiene.
(OCoLC)fst01176758
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| Added Author |
Hankinson, Susan E.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Healthy women, healthy lives. New York : Simon & Schuster Source, ©2001 (OCoLC)707439463 |
| ISBN |
0684855194 (hbk.) |
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9780684855196 (hbk.) |
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0743217748 (pbk.) |
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9780743217743 (pbk.) |
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