Sex, gender and emerging infectious disease surveillance: a leptospirosis case study

• Main Authors: Yuzo Arima (Author), Jozika Skufca (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Whatever the population, wherever the place, whenever the period, sex has been an essential demographic variable for surveillance. However, the distinction between "sex" and "gender" has not always been well understood or acknowledged by those of us engaged in public health surve...