Sex Bias Is Increasingly Prevalent in Preclinical Cardiovascular Research: Implications for Translational Medicine and Health Equity for Women: A Systematic Assessment of Leading Cardiovascular Journals over a 10-Year Period

Circulation

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 625-626

  Daniel Ramirez, F ^a,b   Motazedian, Pouya ^a   Jung, Richard G ^a,b   Di Santo, Pietro ^a   Macdonald, Zachary ^a   Simard, Trevor ^a,b   Clancy, Aisling A ^a,b   Russo, Juan J ^a   Welch, Vivian ^a,b   Wells, George A ^a,b   Hibbert, Benjamin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

bias (epidemiology); cardiovascular diseases; publications; research; sex

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; GENDER BIAS; NONHUMAN; PRECLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SHORT SURVEY; ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SEXISM; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SEXISM; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 85012050542     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.026668     Document Type: Short Survey

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