Representation of women's health in general medical versus women's health specialty journals: A content analysis

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Clark, Jocalyn P ^a   Feldberg, Georgina D ^b   Rochon, Paul A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENSTRUATION; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 2642541689     PISSN: 14726874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-2-5     Document Type: Article

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