Gender perspective in medicine: A vital part of medical scientific rationality. A useful model for comprehending structures and hierarchies within medical science

BMC Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Risberg, Gunilla ^a   Hamberg, Katarina ^a   Johansson, Eva E ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPLIED RESEARCH; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GENDER BIAS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREJUDICE;

EID: 33748607455     PISSN: 17417015     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-4-20     Document Type: Article

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