Gender-identity, body-experience, sexuality, and the wish for having children in des-daughters

Women and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 65-82

  Bekker, Marrie H J ^a   Van Heck, Guus L ^a   Vingerhoets, Ad J J M ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0029904085     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v24n02_04     Document Type: Article

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