Sex and Gender Factors in Medical Studies

Implications for Health and Clinical Practice

Pinn, Vivian W. MD

Contributing Editor.
Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

Corresponding Author and Reprints: Vivian W. Pinn, MD, Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bldg 1, Room 201, Bethesda, MD 20892-0161 (e-mail: [email protected]).

Acknowledgment: I thank the assistance of Mary T. Chunko, MA, of the Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health, in preparing this article.

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 289(4):p 397-400, January 22/29, 2003.