Birth order and sibling sex ratio in two samples of dutch gender-dysphoric homosexual males

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 495-514

  Blanchard, Ray ^a   Zucker, Kenneth J ^a   Cohen Kettenis, Peggy T ^b   Gooren, Louis J G ^c   Bailey, J Michael ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth order; Gender dysphoria; Gender identity disorder; Homosexuality; Sibling sex ratio; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHORIA; GENDER; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SIBLING; TRANSVESTISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; GENDER IDENTITY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029815083     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02437544     Document Type: Article

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