Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 40, Issue 5 , Pages 461-463 , November 2002

Sex differences in disease presentation in the emergency department

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doi: 10.1067/mem.2002.128859

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 40, Issue 5 , Pages 461-463 , November 2002

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