Possible reasons why female physicians publish fewer scientific articles than male physicians - A cross-sectional study Career choice, professional education and development

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Fridner, Ann ^a,b   Norell, Alexandra ^a   Åkesson, Gertrud ^a   Gustafsson Sendén, Marie ^a   Tevik Løvseth, Lise ^c   Schenck Gustafsson, Karin ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomedical research; Burnout; Physicians; Publications; Women physicians; Work control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BURNOUT; CAREER MOBILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLISHING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CAREER MOBILITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EUROPE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PUBLISHING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 85018135531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-015-0347-9     Document Type: Article

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