Do treatment recommendations reported in the research literature consider differences between women and men?

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 579-584

  Charney, Pamela ^a,b   Morgan, Carole ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030446655     PISSN: 10597115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.1996.5.579     Document Type: Article

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