The gender imbalance in academic medicine: A study of female authorship in the United Kingdom

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 337-342

  Sidhu, Reena ^a   Rajashekhar, Praveen ^a   Lavin, Victoria L ^a   Parry, Joanne ^a   Attwood, James ^a   Holdcroft, Anita ^b   Sanders, David S ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PEER REVIEW; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLICATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 68949144644     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2009.080378     Document Type: Article

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