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Chapter 11 - Overcoming Resistance: Importance of Sex and Gender in Acute Infectious Illnesses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2016

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Erica Hardy ,
Mitchell Kosanovich  and
Arvind Venkat
Edited by
Alyson J. McGregor ,
Esther K. Choo  and
Bruce M. Becker
Alyson J. McGregor
Affiliation:
Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University
Esther K. Choo
Affiliation:
Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University
Bruce M. Becker
Affiliation:
Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University
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Sex and Gender in Acute Care Medicine , pp. 147 - 162
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Print publication year: 2016

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