Five-decade profile of women in leadership positions at ophthalmic publications

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1441-1446

  Mansour, Ahmad M ^a   Shields, Carol L ^b   Maalouf, Fadi C ^a   Massoud, Vicky A ^a   Jurdy, Lama ^a   Mathysen, Danny G P ^c   Jaafar, Dalida ^a   Aclimandos, Wagih ^d  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AUTHOR; EDITOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; NOTE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869109417     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2012.2300     Document Type: Note

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