Womens Health Nurs.  2024 Dec;30(4):254-258. 10.4069/whn.2024.12.14.

The importance of integrating gender differences in nursing research

• Kim JI

• KMID: 2563722
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4069/whn.2024.12.14

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  Figure 1. Dimensions of sex (a biological variable) and gender (a social and cultural variable). Adapted from National Institute of Health Office of Research on Women’s Health (https://orwh.od.nih.gov/sex-gender) [4].

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