Female physicist doctoral experiences

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Dabney, Katherine P ^a   Tai, Robert H ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 84877290629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.9.010115     Document Type: Article

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