Sex and gender differences in health. Science & Society Series on Sex and Science

EMBO Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 596-603

  Regitz Zagrosek, Vera ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY FAT; BODY SURFACE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DNA REPAIR; DRUG EFFECT; EPIGENETICS; EXERCISE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RHYTHM; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENOPAUSE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PHARMACOKINETICS; POLITICS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STRESS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84863333040     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2012.87     Document Type: Article

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