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Gender issues

Articles from the ILO Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety

Health protection and promotion
Women's health
Mammography programme at Marks & Spencer: a case study
Worksite strategies to improve maternal and infant health: experiences of US employers

Psychosocial and organizational factors
Sexual haressment
Gender, job stress and illness

Reproductive system
Introduction
Introduction to male and female reproductive function
Male reproductive system and toxicology
Structure of the female reproductive system and target organ vulnerability
Maternal occupational exposures and adverse pregnancy outcomes
Preterm delivery and work
Occupational and environmental exposures to the newborn
Maternity protection in legislation
Pregnancy and US work recommendations

Updated by AS. Approved by JT. Last modification: 23 May 2002.