Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine

by John P. Bilezikian, William Byne, Nancy E. Davidson

Book Overview

The field of gender-specific medicine examines how normal human biology and physiology differ between men and women and how the diagnosis and treatment of disease differs as a function of gender. This revealing research covers various conditions that predominantly occur in men as well conditions that predominantly occur in women. Among the areas of greatest difference are cardiovascular disease, mood disorders, the immune system, lung cancer as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0123742714
• ISBN13: 9780123742711
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 800 Pages
• Weight: 5.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 8.6" x 11.0"