Women and health in Europe: the scope and limits of epidemiology.
Epidemiology is one tool for assessing women's health, at least in terms of the main diseases which cause morbidity and mortality. When employed for international comparisons across Europe, its value, even at this level, is diminished by the shortage of reliable data. Examples are chosen from the fields of cancer and cardiovascular disease. The latter part of the article draws attention to the inadequacies and limits of clinical epidemiology when applied to women's broader experience in respect to health.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral / Q000009:adverse effects; D004813:Epidemiology; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014930:Women; D014931:Women, Working
D003276:Contraceptives, Oral