| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 691 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
""WOMEN AND AGING: NEW RESEARCH""; ""WOMEN AND AGING: NEW RESEARCH""; ""Contents""; ""Preface ""; ""Alcohol Use Disorders in Elderly Women: Invisible Distress""; ""References""; ""Nutritional Assessment in the Elderly: Where Do We Stand?""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Nutritional Assessment ""; ""Techniques Used in Nutritional Assessment""; ""Simplified Screening Tools for Clinical Practice""; ""Conclusion""; ""References ""; ""Working under Time Pressure: An Increasing Risk for Women�s Health?""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Methods""; ""3. Results"" |
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""3.1 Job Characteristics""""3.2 Health Complaints""; ""4. Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Physicians� Communication with their Older vs. Younger Female and Male Patients ""; ""Abstract ""; ""Introduction""; ""Methods""; ""Design""; ""Participants""; ""Physicians""; ""Patients""; ""Measurements""; ""Results ""; ""Descriptive Analyses""; ""Verbal Communication""; ""Hypothesis 1: Biomedical Topics""; ""Hypothesis 2: Psychosocial and Personal Habits Topics""; ""Hypothesis 3: Interviewing Skills o Physicians""; ""Hypothesis 4: Gender Congruence""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments"" |
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""Effect of the Menopause on Cardiovascular Risk Factors""""Guidelines on Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women""; ""Clinical Recommendations on Lifestyle""; ""1. Smoking""; ""2. Physical Activity""; ""3. Rehabilitation""; ""4. Dietary Intake""; ""5. Weight Maintenance/Reduction""; ""6. Omega-3 Fatty Acids""; ""Major Risk Factor Interventions""; ""1. Blood Pressure ""; ""2. Lipid and Lipoprotein Levels ""; ""3. Diabetes Mellitus""; ""Preventive Drug Interventions""; ""1. Aspirin ""; ""2. Beta-Blockers""; ""3. Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors/Angiotensin Receptor Blockers"" |
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""4. Aldosterone Blockade""""5. Antioxidant Supplements and Folic Acid""; ""6. An Annual Influenza Vaccination""; ""Hormone Replacement Therapy""; ""Conclusion ""; ""References""; ""Aging Women and Coronary Heart Disease ""; ""Abstract""; ""Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""Introduction""; ""Epidemiology and Prognosis of CHD in Women""; ""Menopause""; ""Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Women""; ""Framingham Risk Score for Women""; ""Clinical Features (Clinical Manifestations) and Outcome""; ""Noninvasive Tests in the Diagnosis of CHD in Women"" |
| Subject |
Older women -- Health and hygiene.
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Older women -- Medical care.
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Aging -- physiology.
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Women's Health.
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Aged -- psychology.
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MEDICAL -- Geriatrics.
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MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Gerontology.
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| Added Author |
Benninghouse, Harriet T.
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Rosset, Andria G.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Women and aging. New York : Nova Biomedical Books, ©2009 9781604565751 (DLC) 2008012136 (OCoLC)214064777 |
| ISBN |
9781617280238 (electronic bk.) |
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1617280232 (electronic bk.) |
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