Advancing Gender Equity in Medicine

Overview

Journal CMAJ

Date 2021 Feb 17

PMID 33593950

Citations 44

Authors

Andrea C Tricco

Ivy Bourgeault

Ainsley Moore

Eva Grunfeld

Nazia Peer

Sharon E Straus

Affiliations

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