The relation between sexual orientation and penile size

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 213-221

  Bogaert, Anthony F ^a   Hershberger, Scott ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homosexuality; Hormones; Kinsey; Men; Penile dimensions; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PENIS; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PENIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033006408     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018780108597     Document Type: Article

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