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Stewart F, Fraser C, Robertson C et al. Are men difficult to find? Identifying male-specific studies in MEDLINE and Embase. Syst Rev 3, 78 (2014).
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Ovid Sexual minorities (Updated 10 April 2025)
Ovid Child and adolescent sexual minorities (Updated 10 June 2025)
Ovid Transgender people (Updated 20 April 2025)
PubMed Sexual minorities (Updated 10 April 2025)
PubMed Child and adolescent sexual minorities (Updated 3 September 2024)
PubMed non-gender conforming (Updated 6 October 2023)
PubMed sexual development (Updated 6 October2023)
PubMed Transgender people (Updated 10 April 2025)
PubMed people who identify as male (Updated 6 October 2023)
PubMed people who identify as female (Updated 25 March 2024)
Lorenzetti DL, Lin Y. Locating sex- and gender-specific data in health promotion research: evaluating the sensitivity and precision of published filters. J Med Libr Assoc. 2017;105 (3): 216-225.
Song MM, Simonsen CK, Wilson JD, Jenkins MR. Development of a PubMed Based Search Tool for Identifying Sex and Gender Specific Health Literature. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2016;25(2):181-7. [PubMed]
Stewart F, Fraser C, Robertson C et al. Are men difficult to find? Identifying male-specific studies in MEDLINE and Embase. Syst Rev 2014;3:78.
Moerman C J, Deurenberg R & Haafkens J A. Locating sex-specific evidence on clinical questions in MEDLINE: a search filter for use on OvidSP™. BMC Med Res Methodol 2009;9: 25.
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