Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
Gender Differences
Sex differences.
Sex factors in disease. (‘Sex factors’ may also be a subdivision)
Women -- Diseases.
Women -- Health and hygiene.
Women’s Health
Note: No “Health – Men” or “Men’s Health”
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Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) – Used for MEDLINE (PubMed®)
Sex Characteristics.
Sex Differentiation
Sex Factors
Women’s Health
Note: No “Men’s Health”
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Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL®) Subject Headings – Used by CINAHL database
Gender-Specific Care (since 2002)
Men’s Health
Sex Factors
Women’s Health
Note: only CINAHL used the current term “gender-specific,” which has the scope “Care that is sensitive to sex-specific needs. General only; consider also MEN'S HEALTH and WOMEN'S HEALTH” (CINAHL Headings, 2006).
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gender-specific medicine
gender medicine
gender-specific care
gender-based medical research
gender-based healthcare
sex-based medicine
sex-based biology
sex-based physiology
sex-based healthcare
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Used by Canadian government
Gender-Based Analysis (GBA)
Gender Analysis
Canadian keywords
gender lens
gender main-streaming
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