Exploring the Biological Contributions to Human Health
Subtitle: Does Sex Matter?
Contributors: Institute of Medicine (Corporate Author)
Publisher: National Academy Press
Published: July 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780309072816
Subjects: Gender studies; Human reproduction, growth & development; Public health & preventive medicine; Science; Health; Biochemical Research; Sex Factors; Medical / Nursing; Physiology; Science/Mathematics; Human Sexuality; Diseases; Medical / Research; Medicine; Sex differences; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Sex factors in disease; Genetics, Biochemical
Description: From behaviour to cognition to metabolism to response to chemicals and infectious organisms, this book explores the health impact of sex (being male or female, according to reproductive organs and chromosomes) and gender (one's sense of self as male or female in society).