Gender matters in renal research: a National Institutes of Health perspective.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) currently anticipates a period of growth in budgets, making renal community input into research planning and prioritizing particularly important. In considering which women's health issues should be given high priority for research study, the questions of both public health impact and scientific opportunity should be considered. A series of health topics in which there is some evidence for particular impact on women's health are briefly reviewed, and the process the NIH uses for community input and priority setting are discussed.
Briggs
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Division of Kidney, Urological and Hematologic Disease, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-2560, USA.
D005260:Female; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D009398:Nephrology / Q000639:trends*; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D016387:Women's Health