The 'gender gap' in authorship in nursing literature

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 457-464

  Shields, Linda ^a,b   Hall, Jenny ^b   Mamun, Abdulla A ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MALE; NURSING CAREER; NURSING LITERATURE; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84555178116     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2011.110015     Document Type: Article

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