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The roles of sex and gender in women’s eye health disparities in the United States

BACKGROUND: In the United States, women are at a higher risk of developing vision impairment or a serious eye disease (such as age-related macular degeneration, thyroid eye disease, or chronic dry eye disease) than men. Disparities in eye diseases due to biology widen even further when considering f...

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Autores principales: Aninye, Irene O., Digre, Kathleen, Hartnett, M. Elizabeth, Baldonado, Kira, Shriver, Erin M., Periman, Laura M., Grutzmacher, Julie, Clayton, Janine A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8527306/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34670620
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13293-021-00401-3