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Nature Medicine 8, 439 - 441 (2002)
doi:10.1038/nm0502-439

The other physician-scientist problem: Where have all the young girls gone?

Nancy C. Andrews1

  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    e-mail: nandrews@enders.tch.harvard.edu

There has been much discussion about the declining number of physician-scientists, and their potential impact on biomedical research and discovery. However, less attention has been paid to the fact that women are underrepresented in this area.

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The Status of Women in the Life Sciences
Nature Encyclopaedia of Life Sciences

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