Sex and Gender Bias in Anatomy and Physical Diagnosis Text Illustrations

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 272, Issue 16, 1994, Pages 1267-1270

  Mendelsohn, Kathleen D ^a   Nieman, Linda Z ^a   Isaacs, Krista ^a   Lee, Sophia ^a   Levison, Sandra P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84942004824     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1994.03520160051042     Document Type: Article

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