All in the (engineering) family? the family occupational background of men and women engineering students

Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 333-351

  Schreuders, Paul D ^a   Mannon, Susan E ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38349018695     PISSN: 10728325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.v13.i4.20     Document Type: Article

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