Opinion: Research Community Needs to Better Appreciate the Value of Sex-based Research

Overview

Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Specialty Science

Date 2019 Apr 12

PMID 30971497

Citations 17

Authors

Nicole C Woitowich

Teresa K Woodruff

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