Exploring the relationship between male homo/bi-sexuality, body image and steroid use

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 317-327

  Dillon, Paul ^a   Copeland, Jan ^a   Peters, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 0008150315     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136910599300914     Document Type: Article

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