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Bowen, D.J., Halbert, C.H., Robinson, A., Boehmer, U. (2010). Gender Diverse Recruitment to Research Projects. In: Chrisler, J., McCreary, D. (eds) Handbook of Gender Research in Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1465-1_9

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