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Sex bias in trials and treatment must end

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  • Alison M. Kim

    (Alison M. Kim, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. tkw@northwestern.edu)

  • Candace M. Tingen

    (Alison M. Kim, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. tkw@northwestern.edu)

  • Teresa K. Woodruff

    (Alison M. Kim, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. tkw@northwestern.edu)

Abstract

Gender inequalities in biomedical research are undermining patient care. In the first of three related pieces, Alison M. Kim, Candace M. Tingen and Teresa K. Woodruff call on journals, funding agencies and researchers to give women parity with men, in studies and in the clinic.

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  • Alison M. Kim & Candace M. Tingen & Teresa K. Woodruff, 2010. "Sex bias in trials and treatment must end," Nature, Nature, vol. 465(7299), pages 688-689, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:465:y:2010:i:7299:d:10.1038_465688a
    DOI: 10.1038/465688a
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    3. Diana Poli & Paola Mozzoni & Silvana Pinelli & Delia Cavallo & Bruno Papaleo & Lidia Caporossi, 2022. "Sex Difference and Benzene Exposure: Does It Matter?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(4), pages 1-17, February.
    4. Danièle Meulders & Natalie Simeu & Sile Padraigin O'Dorchai, 2012. "Alma Mater, Homo Sapiens II: Les inégalités entre femmes et hommes dans les universités francophones de Belgique," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/135731, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
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    7. Sharman, Zena & Johnson, Joy, 2012. "Towards the inclusion of gender and sex in health research and funding: An institutional perspective," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 74(11), pages 1812-1816.

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