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Chapter 6 - A Sex and Gender Based Perspective on Traumatic Injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2016

By
Jason Cohen ,
Stefan Merrill  and
Federico E. Vaca
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. 77 - 86
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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