Birth order and sexual orientation in women

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1395-1397

  Bogaert, Anthony F ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIRTH ORDER; COHORT EFFECT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0031449719     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.111.6.1395     Document Type: Article

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