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The Gender Penalty: Reasons for Differences in Reported Weekly Work Hours Among Male and Female Family Physicians

Kathryn M. Hart
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2020, 33 (5) 650-652; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.05.200384

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