Senie (epidemiology, Columbia U.) assembles 41 chapters on the epidemiology of the major health challenges and conditions that affect women, for undergraduate and graduate students and professionals in public health. Epidemiology, public health, and other medical specialists from the US and Canada take a life-course approach and first cover epidemiologic research methods and personal and community-based health promotion and morbidity prevention, including nutrition, oral and dental health, and complementary and alternative medicine. They then address the epidemiology of sexual health; sexually transmitted infections, particularly HIV/AIDS; chronic psychological and psychosocial conditions, such as eating disorders, depression, substance use disorders, and intimate partner violence; the endocrine and autoimmune conditions of asthma, multiple sclerosis, lupus, and diabetes; cancer; cardiovascular disease, migraines, pain, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoporosis; and aging issues like well-being, fall injuries, and Alzheimer's disease. They also examine research directions for breast screening and genetics. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)