Sex differences in mortality from COVID-19 pandemic: are men vulnerable and women protected?

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metadata.artigo.dc.title:	Sex differences in mortality from COVID-19 pandemic: are men vulnerable and women protected?
metadata.artigo.dc.creator:	Sharma, Garima Volgman, Annabelle Santos Michos, Erin D.
metadata.artigo.dc.subject:	COVID-19 - Sex differences COVID-19 - Mortality
metadata.artigo.dc.publisher:	Elsevier
metadata.artigo.dc.date.issued:	2020
metadata.artigo.dc.identifier.citation:	SHARMA, G.; VOLGMAN, A. S.; MICHOS, E. D. Sex differences in mortality from COVID-19 pandemic: are men vulnerable and women protected? JACC: Case Reports, [S.l.], 2020. No prelo.
metadata.artigo.dc.description.abstract:	Sex disaggregated data is an important for reducing health inequities in medicine. Global data suggests that is a sex difference in mortality from COVID-19. In this report, we explore plausible reasons for this sex difference including the contribution of underlying cardiovascular risk factors, high risk behaviors, immune response and biological differences between men and women.
metadata.artigo.dc.identifier.uri:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920304332 http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/41259
metadata.artigo.dc.language:	en_US
Appears in Collections:	FCS - Artigos sobre Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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