Sex and gender in respiratory physiology

Sex is a biological concept determined at conception. Gender is a social concept. Medicine recognises sex as a biological variable and recommends including sex as a factor in clinical practice norms and as a topic of bench and clinical research. Sex plays a role in respiratory physiology according t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Antonella LoMauro, Andrea Aliverti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2021-11-01
Series:European Respiratory Review
Online Access:http://err.ersjournals.com/content/30/162/210038.full