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

For asthma and psychological morbidity, it is well established that higher prevalence among males in childhood is replaced by higher prevalence among females by adolescence. This review investigates whether there is evidence for a similar emerging female ‘excess’ in relation to a broad range of phys...

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Main Authors: MacLean, Alice, Sweeting, Helen, Egan, Matt, Der, Geoff, Adamson, Joy, Hunt, Kate
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Pergamon 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3566587/