Women academic scientists in India

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 32, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 901-915

  Gupta, Namrata ^a   Sharma, Arun K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Academic science; Gender inequality; Isolation; Social interaction; Stress; Work environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038746723     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030631270203200505     Document Type: Article

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