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Sex and Gender Differences in Health: What the COVID-19 Pandemic Can Teach Us

Primavera A. Spagnolo, JoAnn E. Manson, Hadine Joffe

2020Annals of Internal Medicine190 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

The authors of this commentary call for sex- and gender-specific and differentiating factors to be urgently included in the research, prevention, and therapeutics implementation response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Topics & Concepts

MedicinePandemicFamily medicineHealth careCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)DiseaseGerontologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyEconomicsEconomic growthSex and Gender in HealthcareClimate Change and Health ImpactsGender Roles and Identity Studies