Sex, gender, and health biotechnology: Points to consider

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Singh, Jerome Amir ^a,b,c,d   Bandewar, Sunita ^c   Singer, Peter A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; GENDER; HEALTH; SCIENCE; SEX;

EID: 69149110097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-9-15     Document Type: Article

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