Femininity and fertility in sisters with twin brothers: Prenatal androgenization? Cross-sex socialization?

Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 263-267

  Rose, Richard J ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b   Winter, Torsten ^b   Dick, Danielle M ^a   Viken, Richard J ^a   Pulkkinen, Lea ^c   Koskenvuo, Markku ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FINLAND; GENDER IDENTITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBERTY; SOCIALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FINLAND; GENDER IDENTITY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PUBERTY; SOCIALIZATION; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0036581016     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00448     Document Type: Article

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