Transvestic fetishism in the general population: Prevalence and correlates

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-95

  Långström, Niklas ^a   Zucker, Kenneth J ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETISHISM; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASTURBATION; PAIN; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETISHISM (PSYCHIATRIC); HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN; TRANSVESTISM;

EID: 12744263253     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230590477934     Document Type: Article

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