title: [Women in natural sciences--Nobel Prize winners].
abstract: Alfred Bernhard Nobel was the founder of the Nobel Foundation, which has been awarding world-known scientists since 1901, for their contribution to the welfare of mankind. The life and accomplishments of Alfred Bernhard Nobel are described as well as scientific achivements of 11 women, Nobel prize winners in the field of physics, chemistry, physiology and/or medicine. They are Marie Sklodowska Curie, Maria Goeppert Mayer, Irene Joliot-Curie, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori, Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, Barbara McClintock, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Gertrude Elion, Christine Nusslein-Volhard and Linda B. Buck.
authors.affiliation: Skola narodnog zdravlja Andrija Stampar, Medicinski fakultet, Sveuciliste u Zagrebu. ezuskin@snz.hr
authors.forename: Eugenija
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zuskin
authors.forename: Jadranka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mustajbegović
authors.forename: Jasna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lipozencić
authors.forename: Ivana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kolcić
authors.forename: Sanja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spoljar-Vrzina
authors.forename: Ozren
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Polasek
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D009613:Nobel Prize; D014930:Women / Q000266:history*