In pursuit of scientific excellence: Sex matters

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Miller, Virginia M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; GENDER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EID: 84860512326     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00105.2012     Document Type: Editorial

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