NIH funding longevity by gender

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 115, Issue 31, 2018, Pages 7943-7948

  Hechtman, Lisa A ^a   Moore, Nathan P ^a   Schulkey, Claire E ^a   Miklos, Andrew C ^a   Calcagno, Anna Maria ^a   Aragon, Richard ^a   Greenberg, Judith H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Academia; Biomedical workforce; Gender disparities; National Institutes of Health; NIH funding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNDING; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 85051698839     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1800615115     Document Type: Article

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