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Chapter 2 - It’s not all Chest Pain: Sex and Gender in Acute Care Cardiology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2016

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Morgan Soffler ,
Alyson J. McGregor  and
Basmah Safdar
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Alyson J. McGregor ,
Esther K. Choo  and
Bruce M. Becker
Alyson J. McGregor
Affiliation:
Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University
Esther K. Choo
Affiliation:
Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University
Bruce M. Becker
Affiliation:
Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University
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Sex and Gender in Acute Care Medicine , pp. 6 - 23
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