Sex as a biological variable: Now what?!

Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 78-80

  Miller, Virginia M ^a   Reckelhoff, Jane F ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PEER REVIEW; PERSONNEL; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXISM; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; MANUSCRIPTS, MEDICAL; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SEX FACTORS; SEXISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84957871815     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: 15489221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00058.2015     Document Type: Editorial

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