The Changing Face of Epidemiology: Gender Disparities in Citations?

Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 159-168

  Schisterman, Enrique F ^a   Swanson, Chandra W ^a   Lu, Ya Ling ^a,b   Mumford, Sunni L ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEB OF SCIENCE; BIBLIOMETRICS; EPIDEMIOLOGIST; PUBLISHING; SEXISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIBLIOMETRICS; EPIDEMIOLOGISTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLISHING; SEXISM;

EID: 85002388912     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000593     Document Type: Article

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