Commentary: Deconstructing gender difference

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 575-577

  Carnes, Molly ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering ^*  (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^e WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 77951668117     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181d983de     Document Type: Review

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