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Editorial

It is not as Simple as Boys Versus Girls: The Role of Sex Differences in Pain Across the Lifespan

Katelynn E Boerner1 Psychology & Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, IWK Health Centre, Canada;2 Centre for Pediatric Pain Research, K8536 (8th floor, Children’s site), IWK Health Centre, 5850/5980 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K 6R8 CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Meghan Schinkel1 Psychology & Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, IWK Health Centre, Canada;2 Centre for Pediatric Pain Research, K8536 (8th floor, Children’s site), IWK Health Centre, 5850/5980 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K 6R8 CanadaView further author information
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Christine T Chambers1 Psychology & Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, IWK Health Centre, Canada;2 Centre for Pediatric Pain Research, K8536 (8th floor, Children’s site), IWK Health Centre, 5850/5980 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K 6R8 Canada;3 Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, IWK Health Centre, CanadaView further author information
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Financial & competing interests disclosure

KE Boerner is supported by a Doctoral Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and is a recipient of the CIHR Award for Excellence in Gender, Sex and Health Research. M Schinkel is supported by a Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation Scotia Scholars (PhD) Award and a trainee stipend from Pain in Child Health: A CIHR Strategic Training Initiative. KE Boerner and M Schinkel are trainee members of Pain in Child Health: A CIHR Strategic Training Initiative. CT Chambers was a Canada Research Chair and her research is supported by CIHR and the Canada Foundation for Innovation. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

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KE Boerner is supported by a Doctoral Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and is a recipient of the CIHR Award for Excellence in Gender, Sex and Health Research. M Schinkel is supported by a Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation Scotia Scholars (PhD) Award and a trainee stipend from Pain in Child Health: A CIHR Strategic Training Initiative. KE Boerner and M Schinkel are trainee members of Pain in Child Health: A CIHR Strategic Training Initiative. CT Chambers was a Canada Research Chair and her research is supported by CIHR and the Canada Foundation for Innovation. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed. No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.

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