The Oncofertility Saturday Academy: A paradigm to expand the educational opportunities and ambitions of high school girls

Cancer Treatment and Research

Volumn 156, Issue , 2010, Pages 321-344

  Faurot, Megan ^a   Woodruff, Teresa K ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER PLANNING; COLLEGE; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL STUDENT; OOCYTE; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPERM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; NEOPLASMS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 77956353612     PISSN: 09273042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6518-9_25     Document Type: Review

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