Women and science careers: Leaky pipeline or gender filter?

Gender and Education

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 369-386

  Blickenstaff, Jacob Clark ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 23744496081     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540250500145072     Document Type: Article

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