How robust is the evidence of an emerging or increasing female excess in physical morbidity between childhood and adolescence? Results of a systematic literature review and meta-analyses.

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Published in Soc Sci Med on December 11, 2012

Authors

Alice MacLean1, Helen Sweeting, Matt Egan, Geoff Der, Joy Adamson, Kate Hunt

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1: MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, UK. alice@sphsu.mrc.ac.uk

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