Civil engineering - Still a job for the boys?

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 186-189

  Hodgkinson, Llz ^a   Hamills, Les ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education training; Management; Social impact

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

EID: 27844595315     PISSN: 0965089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1680/cien.2005.158.4.186     Document Type: Conference Paper

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