Testosterone and sex role identification in lesbian couples

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1033-1035

  Pearcey, Sharon M ^a   Docherty, Karen J ^a   Dabbs Jr , James M ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hormones; Lesbianism; Sex roles; Testosterone; Women

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LESBIAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030248560     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00132-1     Document Type: Article

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