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Sex and gender in respiratory physiology
Abstract
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 to two pathways: hormones and anatomy, with females characterised by smaller dimensions at every level of the respiratory system. Sex hormones also...
Paper Details
Title
Sex and gender in respiratory physiology
Published Date
Nov 8, 2021
Journal
Volume
30
Issue
162
Pages
210038 - 210038
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