The adult life course and homosexual identity in midlife gay men

Annual Review of Sex Research

Volumn 12, Issue , 2001, Pages 75-92

  Kertzner, Robert M ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Homosexual identity; Male homosexuality; Middle age

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION;

AGING; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 0010547069     PISSN: 10532528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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