The terrible uncertainty of paternity

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 205-209

  Schuiling, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Human reproductive strategy; Maternity; Paternity; Sexual morality

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CHILDBIRTH; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE; HUMAN; MATE CHOICE; PATERNITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0242301727     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01674820309039674     Document Type: Review

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