Joint meeting of the Committee on Quality Longevity of Male and Female Populations and the Internal Medicine Sciences’ Council of the Department of Medical Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences on June 26, 2025, "Gender Approaches to Assessing the Health of the Male and Female Populations"

Committee on Quality Longevity of Male and Female Populations, Internal Medicine Sciences’ Council, Russian Academy of Sciences, gender inequality, noncommunicable diseases, reproductive health, sex-specific prevention

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