Where are all the female participants in Sports and Exercise Medicine research?

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 847-851

  Costello, Joseph T ^a   Bieuzen, Francois ^b   Bleakley, Chris M ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Institut National du Sport et de l'Education Physique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ethics; exercise; gender bias; muscle damage; Sport Medicine

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SEXISM; SPORTS MEDICINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SEXISM; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 84919872986     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2014.911354     Document Type: Article

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