Sex bias in studies selected for clinical guidelines

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1297-1306

  Ballantyne, Angela J ^a   Rogers, Wendy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 80053963740     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2010.2604     Document Type: Article

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