Careers of an elite cohort of U.S. basic life science postdoctoral fellows and the influence of their mentor's citation record

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Levitt, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CAREER MOBILITY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PUBLISHING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; CAREER CHOICE; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; FACULTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTORS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149423080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-80     Document Type: Article

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