Gender differences in publication productivity, academic position, career duration, and funding among U.S. Academic radiation oncology faculty

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 767-773

  Holliday, Emma B ^a   Jagsi, Reshma ^b   Wilson, Lynn D ^c   Choi, Mehee ^d   Thomas, Charles R ^e   Fuller, Clifton D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ONCOLOGY; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TEACHER; TIME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAREER MOBILITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PUBLICATIONS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900502461     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000229     Document Type: Article

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