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Sex Bias in Infectious Disease Epidemiology: Patterns and Processes
BACKGROUND: Infectious disease incidence is often male-biased. Two main hypotheses have been proposed to explain this observation. The physiological hypothesis (PH) emphasizes differences in sex hormones and genetic architecture, while the behavioral hypothesis (BH) stresses gender-related differenc...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3634762/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23638062 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062390 |