Sex and gender factors in medical studies: Implications for health and clinical practice

JAMA

Volumn 289, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 397-400

  Pinn, Vivian W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BULIMIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART DISEASE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PAIN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; TORSADE DES POINTES; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0037460203     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.4.397     Document Type: Short Survey

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