This article examines the notion of "gender", its social and cultural significance and its development in historical retrospective.The emphasis is laid upon the influence of the religious factor on the formation of the notion of gender.The author pays attention to the multiaspectual nature of the concept of "gender" and the variability of accentuat

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Mirna Waked1, George Khayat2, Pascale Salameh31Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon; 2Faculty of Medicine, Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon; 3Faculties of Pharmacy and Public Health, Lebanese University, Beirut, LebanonBackground: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) continu