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. 2018 May 1;115(18):E4150.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1801481115. Epub 2018 Apr 17.

Reply to Delanghe et al.: Iron status is not likely to play a key role in the gender survival gap under extreme conditions

Virginia Zarulli  1 , Kaare Christensen  2   3   4 , James W Vaupel  5   6
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Reply to Delanghe et al.: Iron status is not likely to play a key role in the gender survival gap under extreme conditions

Virginia Zarulli et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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