The polls - Review: The JAMA controversy and the meaning of sex

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 385-400

  Smith, Tom W ^a  

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EID: 0033197063     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/297726     Document Type: Review

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