Sex-differential responses to preventive health interventions: Maybe we treat boys and girls differently when we treat them equally?

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-154

  Benn, Christine Stabell ^a   Aaby, Peter ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; RETINOL;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEASLES; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VACCINATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS; VITAMIN A; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34249778371     PISSN: 16039629     EISSN: 16039629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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