No quick fixes: Adding content about women to ecology course materials

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 96-102

  Wyer, Mary ^a   Murphy Medley, Deena ^a   Damschen, Ellen I ^a,b   Rosenfeld, Kristen M ^a   Wentworth, Thomas R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33847006199     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2007.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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