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. 2012 Jun 29;13(7):596-603.
doi: 10.1038/embor.2012.87.

Sex and gender differences in health. Science & Society Series on Sex and Science

Vera Regitz-Zagrosek  1
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Sex and gender differences in health. Science & Society Series on Sex and Science

Vera Regitz-Zagrosek. EMBO Rep. .
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Complex interdependency of sex and gender in the human.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Percentage breakdown of causes of death for men and women in Germany.
Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death for men and women in western industrial nations. (Totals might not be 100 owing to rounding up or down of data.) Statistics taken from Statistisches Bundesamt Robert Koch Institut Berlin, 2005.
Figure 3
Figure 3. Percentage breakdown of cardiovascular causes of deaths for men and women in Germany.
Chronic ischaemic heart diseases are the main cause of death for women. In absolute numbers more men than women die of acute myocardial infarction. Statistics taken from Statistisches Bundesamt Robert Koch Institut Berlin, 2007.
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