Sex bias in trials and treatment must end

Sex bias in trials and treatment must end


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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. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of subscription content,


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183–196 (2010). Article  Google Scholar  Download references AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Candace M. Tingen and Teresa K. Woodruff are in the Department of Obstetrics and


Gynecology, USA. Teresa K. Woodruff is also in the Department of Biochemistry, Alison M. Kim, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, Molecular Biology


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permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Kim, A., Tingen, C. & Woodruff, T. Sex bias in trials and treatment must end. _Nature_ 465, 688–689 (2010).


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