A Tool for Developing Gender Research in Medicine: Examples from the Medical Literature on Work Life

Gender Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Hammarström, Anne ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

gender research; sex gender blind; sex gender differences; tool

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; HUMAN; JOB MARKET; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 37449008927     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1550-8579(07)80053-2     Document Type: Article

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