Be the fairest of them all: Challenges and recommendations for the treatment of gender in occupational health research

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 618-629

  Messing, Karen ^a   Punnett, Laura ^b   Bond, Meg ^b   Alexanderson, Kristina ^c   Pyle, Jean ^b   Zahm, Shelia ^d   Wegman, David ^b   Stock, Susan R ^e   De Grosbois, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confounding; Effect modification; Epidemiology; Ergonomics; Gender; Gender based analysis; Men; Research methodology; Sex; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037809643     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10225     Document Type: Article

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