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. 2020 Jul;583(7815):194-198.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02006-z.

Women are most affected by pandemics - lessons from past outbreaks

Clare Wenham, Julia Smith, Sara E Davies, Huiyun Feng, Karen A Grépin, Sophie Harman, Asha Herten-Crabb, Rosemary Morgan

Women are most affected by pandemics - lessons from past outbreaks

Clare Wenham et al. Nature. 2020 Jul.
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Keywords: Diseases; Policy; Society.

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