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Review
. 2020 Feb 18;9(4):e015634.
doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.015634. Epub 2020 Feb 17.

State of the Science in Women's Cardiovascular Disease: A Canadian Perspective on the Influence of Sex and Gender

Colleen M Norris  1 , Cindy Y Y Yip  2 , Kara A Nerenberg  3 , Marie-Annick Clavel  4 , Christine Pacheco  5 , Heather J A Foulds  6 , Marsha Hardy  7 , Christine A Gonsalves  8 , Shahin Jaffer  9 , Monica Parry  10 , Tracey J F Colella  11 , Abida Dhukai  10 , Jasmine Grewal  12 , Jennifer A D Price  10   13 , Anna L E Levinsson  14   15   16 , Donna Hart  7 , Paula J Harvey  7   17 , Harriette G C Van Spall  18 , Hope Sarfi  7 , Tara L Sedlak  19 , Sofia B Ahmed  20 , Carolyn Baer  21 , Thais Coutinho  22 , Jodi D Edwards  23 , Courtney R Green  24 , Amy A Kirkham  25 , Kajenny Srivaratharajah  26 , Sandra Dumanski  27 , Lisa Keeping-Burke  28 , Nadia Lappa  7 , Robert D Reid  22 , Helen Robert  7 , Graeme Smith  29 , Michelle Martin-Rhee  2 , Sharon L Mulvagh  30   31
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State of the Science in Women's Cardiovascular Disease: A Canadian Perspective on the Influence of Sex and Gender

Colleen M Norris et al. J Am Heart Assoc. .
No abstract available

Keywords: cardiovascular disease; gender; risk factors; sex; treatment; women.

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