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

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 surveillance. Sex refers...

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Main Authors: Yuzo Arima, Jozika Skufca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific 2012-08-01
Series:Western Pacific Surveillance and Response
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Online Access:http://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/156/151