Why put gender and sex into health research?

Designing and Conducting Gender, Sex, and Health Research

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3-14

  Greaves, Lorraine ^a,b  

^a British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84951185364     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781452230610.n1     Document Type: Chapter

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