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Women, work, and health : challenges to corporate policy

edited by Diana Chapman Walsh, Richard H. Egdahl ; with contributions by Edward J. Bernacki ... [et al.]

(Industry and health care, 8)

Springer-Verlag, c1980

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Consists of background papers prepared for a conference held in Boston on June 11-12, 1979 and sponsored by the Center for Industry and Health Care of Boston University

Includes bibliographical references

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Table of Contents

I. Context and Current Issues.- 1. Genesis and Highlights of a Conference.- 2. Overview: The Health of Working Women.- II. Physical Conditioning, Strength, and Stamina.- 3. The State of the Art of Strength Testing.- 4. Moving Women into Outside Craft Jobs.- III. Social Conditioning and the Culture of the Corporation.- 5. Changing Roles and Mental Health in Women.- 6. Employee Health Services for Women Workers.- 7. Special Needs of Women in Health Examinations.- 8. Sex Discrimination in Group Pensions.- IV. Reproductive Potential and Possible Occupational Hazards.- 9. A Legal Perspective on Workplace Reproductive Hazards.- 10. The Biology of Toxic Effects on Reproductive Outcomes.- 11. Evaluation and Control of Embryofetotoxic Substances.- 12. Fetotoxicity and Fertile Female Employees.- 13. The Control of Hazardous Exposures in the Workplace.- V. Pregnancy and Maternity Leave.- 14. A Legal Perspective on Pregnancy Leave and Benefits.- 15. Non-Medical Issues Presented by the Pregnant Worker.- VI. Issues for the Future.- 16. Challenges to Corporate Policy.- Appendix: Conference Participants.

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