title: The gender gap: new challenges in women's health.
abstract: Until recently the focus of women's health research and policy has been on reproductive health, but new public health issues have emerged that must be addressed. Among them are a need to examine the basic biology of sex differences in health and disease; the elimination of disparities in health status and health outcomes among diverse populations of women; and a mandate to care for a growing population of aging women.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin Medical School, UW Center for Women's Health, Meriter Hospital, Madison, WI 53715, USA. gsarto@wisc.edu
authors.forename: Gloria E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Sarto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D016387:Women's Health