What Sex-Disaggregated Metrics Are Needed to Explain Sex Differences in COVID-19?

Carinna Hockham¹, Kelly Thompson¹, Cheryl Carcel¹, Ana-Catarina Pinho-Gomes², Mark Woodward^{1

2}, Sanne A E Peters^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
² The George Institute for Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
³ Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Carinna Hockham et al. Front Glob Womens Health. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 3:1:2.

doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2020.00002. eCollection 2020.

Carinna Hockham¹, Kelly Thompson¹, Cheryl Carcel¹, Ana-Catarina Pinho-Gomes², Mark Woodward^{1

2}, Sanne A E Peters^{1

2

3}

¹ The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
² The George Institute for Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
³ Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.

No abstract available

Keywords: Coronavirus COVID-19; global health; sex differences; sex-disaggregated data; surveillance data.

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