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A structured review of reasons for the underrepresentation of women in computing
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Proceedings of the 2nd Australasian conference on Computer science education table of contents
The Univ. of Melbourne, Australia
Pages: 91 - 98  
Year of Publication: 1997
ISBN:0-89791-958-0
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Joy Teague  School of Management Information Systems, Deakin University, Geelong 3217
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