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Findings from University of Gothenburg advance knowledge in gender studies.

Women's Health Weekly

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"New methods are needed to complement traditional epidemiological methods in the analyses of complex multivariate exposures. Contextual and comprehensive analyses such as multilevel and cluster analyses are particularly Suitable for comparisons of women's and men's risk factors for health in working life as well as for guidance ill preventive action," scientists in Gothenburg, Sweden report (see also Gender Studies).

"Such methodologies are presented in this discussion paper. Contextual and comprehensive (or holistic) approaches help identify the gender-structured situations for women and men and facilitate the discovery of differences among all women and all men," wrote A. Harenstam and colleagues, University of Gothenburg.

The researchers concluded: "Empirical studies using these approaches show that it is important to take gender composition in both the workplace and the sector into consideration when exploring risk factors for health."

Harenstam and colleagues published their study in Scandinavian Journal ...

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