Mainstreaming sex and gender analysis in public health genomics

Gender Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 402-410

  Verdonk, Petra ^a   Klinge, Ineke ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

gender mainstreaming; intersectionality; public health; public health genomics; sex and gender analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; GENDER AND SEX; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84870560485     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: 18787398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2012.10.006     Document Type: Review

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