Female editorship is an important indicator of gender imbalance

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-

  Dickersin, Kay ^a   Fredman, Lisa ^b   Flegal, Katherine M ^c   Scott, Jane ^d   Crawley, Barbara ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LETTER; LITERATURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WRITING; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; INTERNET; NOTE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS;

AUTHORSHIP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNET; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PUBLISHING; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 74949088243     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2009.09k071     Document Type: Letter

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