What Factors Affect Attitudes Toward Women in Science Held by High School Biology Students?

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 78-86

  Terry, Janice McCarty ^a   Baird, William E ^b  

^a Auburn University ^*  (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0043262362     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.1997.tb17347.x     Document Type: Article

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