Education and employment patterns of U.S. Ph.D.'s in the biomedical sciences

FASEB Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-148

  Garrison, Howard H ^a   Gerbi, Susan A ^b  

^a Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academia; Immigration; Industry; Postdoctoral; Predoctoral; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG INDUSTRY; EMPLOYABILITY; FOREIGN WORKER; GOVERNMENT; IMMIGRATION; JOB FINDING; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0031937395     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.12.2.139     Document Type: Article

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