Gender inequality in awarded research grants

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9840, 2012, Pages 474-

  Bedi, Gillinder ^a,b   Van Dam, Nicholas T ^c,d   Munafo, Marcus ^e  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARDS AND PRIZES; FUNDING; GENDER; HEALTH DISPARITY; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84864744723     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61292-6     Document Type: Letter

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