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age-specific

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age-specific,
a description of data in which the age of the individual is significant for epidemiologic or statistical purposes.


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The non-existent hand washing rate, combined with certain age-specific behaviors like hair flipping and scratching in a variety of areas, could lead directly to instances of cross-contamination compared to the adults.
The thymus is an age-specific organ that is extremely important for young mammals because it is where the earliest immune cells are produced and without it the animal would be not last long.
Although a policy of age-specific prioritization of antiviral use will be controversial ethically, it may be the most efficient use of stockpiled therapies," researchers said.
 
 
 
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