Making gender diversity work for scientific discovery and innovation

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Making gender diversity work for scientific discovery and innovation. / Nielsen, Mathias Wullum; Bloch, Carter Walter; Schiebinger, Londa.

In: Nature Human Behaviour, Vol. 2, No. 10, 01.10.2018, p. 726-734.

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Nielsen, MW, Bloch, CW & Schiebinger, L 2018, 'Making gender diversity work for scientific discovery and innovation', Nature Human Behaviour, vol. 2, no. 10, pp. 726-734. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0433-1

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Nielsen, M. W., Bloch, C. W., & Schiebinger, L. (2018). Making gender diversity work for scientific discovery and innovation. Nature Human Behaviour, 2(10), 726-734. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0433-1

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Nielsen MW, Bloch CW, Schiebinger L. Making gender diversity work for scientific discovery and innovation. Nature Human Behaviour. 2018 Oct 1;2(10):726-734. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0433-1

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Nielsen, Mathias Wullum ; Bloch, Carter Walter ; Schiebinger, Londa. / Making gender diversity work for scientific discovery and innovation. In: Nature Human Behaviour. 2018 ; Vol. 2, No. 10. pp. 726-734.

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