Who Needs Gender when you Can Have Sex?

Wizemann T. M. , and Pardue M. L. (Eds.) Exploring the Biological Contributions to Human Health: Does Sex Matter? National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2001, in K. Messing and J. M. Stellman, Sex, Gender and Women's Occupational Health: The Importance of Considering Mechanism, Environmental Research, A Multidisciplinary Journal of Environmental Sciences, Ecology, and Public Health, 101(2), p. 150, June 2006.

Messing K. , and Stellman J. M. Sex, Gender and Women's Occupational Health: The Importance of Considering Mechanism. Environmental Research, A Multidisciplinary Journal of Environmental Sciences, Ecology, and Public Health, 101(2), pp. 149–162, June 2006.

Arbuckle T. E. Are There Sex and Gender Differences in Acute Exposure to Chemicals in the Same Setting? Environmental Research, A Multidisciplinary Journal of Environmental Sciences, Ecology, and Public Health, 101(2), pp. 194–204, June 2006.

Messing and Stellman, p. 153.

Arbuckle, p. 201.

Howse D. , Gautrin D. , Neis B. , Cartier A. , Horth-Susin L. , Jong M. , and Swanson M. C. Gender and Snow Crab Occupational Asthma in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, Environmental Research, A Multidisciplinary Journal of Environmental Sciences, Ecology, and Public Health, 101(2), pp. 163–174, June 2006.

Habib R. R. , El-Masri A. , and Heath R. L. Women's Strategies for Handling Household Detergents. Environmental Research, A Multidisciplinary Journal of Environmental Sciences, Ecology, and Public Health, 101(2), pp. 184–194, June 2006.

Dimich-Ward H. , Camp P. G. , and Kennedy S. M. Gender Differences in Respiratory Symptoms—Does Occupation Matter? Environmental Research, A Multidisciplinary Journal of Environmental Sciences, Ecology, and Public Health, 101(2), pp. 175–183, June 2006.

Dimich-Ward p. 176.

Messing and Stellman, p. 160.

Messing and Stellman, p. 150.

To gain a deep understanding about the lack of attention to and research on women's occupational health issues, Karen Messing's two-eye opening book One-Eyed Science: Occupational Health and Women Workers (Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 1998) is a must-read.