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Contribution of Sex-linked Biology and Gender Roles to Disparities with Trachoma

Globally, trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness. Survey data consistently show that trachoma-related blindness is two to four times higher in women than men. Tracing the increased risk for trachoma and its consequences for women suggests that other factors besides biology may contrib...

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Autores principales: Courtright, Paul, West, Sheila K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3328994/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15550216
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1011.040353