Gender differences in health protective behaviours and its implications for COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan: a population-based study

• Hlavní autoři: Jasmine Tan (Autor), Yilin Yoshida (Autor), Kevin Sheng-Kai Ma (Autor), Franck Mauvais-Jarvis (Autor), Chien-Chang Lee (Autor)
• Médium: Kniha
• Vydáno: BMC, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Témata: article
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Abstract Introduction Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection produces more severe symptoms and a higher mortality in men than in women. The role of biological sex in the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 is believed to explain this sex disparity. However, the contribution...