Methodologic and ethical ramifications of sex and gender differences in public health research

Gender Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Lawrence, Kitty ^a   Rieder, Anita ^b  

^a Association Altern Mit Zukunft   (Austria)

^b Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

equity; ethics; gender; methodology; public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; GENDER BIAS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 37449024896     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1550-8579(07)80050-7     Document Type: Article

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