Sex and gender differences in pulmonary diseases

Sex and Gender Aspects in Clinical Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 45-63

  Grohé, Christian ^a  

^a Department of Respiratory Medicine Evangelische Lungenklinik Berlin ^*  (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-85729-832-4_5     Document Type: Chapter

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