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Science 10 June 2005:
Vol. 308. no. 5728, p. 1572
DOI: 10.1126/science.308.5728.1572
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Gender in the Pharmacy: Does It Matter?

Jocelyn Kaiser

Studies of how women's and men's bodies process drugs have turned up mostly minor differences. But some drugs may be less or more effective in women or cause more side effects, and other variations may await discovery.

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