Opinion: Focus on preclinical sex differences will not address women's and men's health disparities

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 44, 2015, Pages 13419-13420

  Richardson, Sarah S ^a   Reiches, Meredith ^b   Shattuck Heidorn, Heather ^a   Labonte, Michelle Lynne ^a   Consoli, Theresa ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZOLPIDEM;

ANIMAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946606326     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1516958112     Document Type: Note

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