Prevalence of female authors in case reports published in the medical literature

JAMA Network Open

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2019, Pages

  Hsiehchen, David ^a   Hsieh, Antony ^b   Espinoza, Magdalena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MENTOR; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; REVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLICATION; SEX FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

ADULT; AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATIONS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85067302107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25743805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.5000     Document Type: Review

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