Sex differences in COVID-19 case fatality: do we know enough?

Affiliations

¹ Center on Gender Equity and Health, Division of Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Joint Doctoral Program in Global Health, San Diego State University and University of California, San Diego, CA, USA. Electronic address: ndehingi@health.ucsd.edu.
² Center on Gender Equity and Health, Division of Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.

Nabamallika Dehingia et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;9(1):e14-e15.

doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30464-2. Epub 2020 Nov 5.

¹ Center on Gender Equity and Health, Division of Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Joint Doctoral Program in Global Health, San Diego State University and University of California, San Diego, CA, USA. Electronic address: ndehingi@health.ucsd.edu.
² Center on Gender Equity and Health, Division of Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.

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