Heterosexuals' attitudes toward bisexual men and women in the United States

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 264-274

  Herek, Gregory M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INCOME; LESBIAN; MALE; POLITICS; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0036870068     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490209552150     Document Type: Article

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