Sex and gender: What is the difference?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 785-787

  Torgrimson, Britta N ^a   Minson, Christopher T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; GENDER; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXOLOGY;

FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 24044499982     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00376.2005     Document Type: Editorial

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