Implications of sex and gender for health research: From concepts to study design

Designing and Conducting Gender, Sex, and Health Research

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 39-64

  Johnson, Joy L ^a,b   Repta, Robin ^b   Kalyan, Shirin ^c  

^a CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NONE

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DOI: 10.4135/9781452230610.n3     Document Type: Chapter

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