The etiology of anomalous sexual preferences in men

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 989, Issue , 2003, Pages 105-117

  Quinsey, Vernon L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Homosexuality; Hormones; Neural development; Paraphilia; Pedophilia; Sex offenders

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HOMOSEXUALITY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; PEDOPHILIA; PUBERTY; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0038727944     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07297.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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