Studying both sexes: A guiding principle for biomedicine

FASEB Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 519-524

  Clayton, Janine Austin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Inclusion; NIH; SABV; Sex based biology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC RESEARCH; BIOMEDICINE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRECLINICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959090084     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.15-279554     Document Type: Article

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