Sex and gender matter in health research: Addressing health inequities in health research reporting

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gahagan, Jacqueline ^a   Gray, Kimberly ^b   Whynacht, Ardath ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health equity; Knowledge dissemination; Methodology; Sex and gender

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH IMPACT; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH WORK;

BASIC RESEARCH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EPISTEMOLOGY; GENDER AND SEX; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; ETHICS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH EQUITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; SEXISM; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; SEXISM;

EID: 84924046888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-015-0144-4     Document Type: Review

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