A role for 5alpha-reductase activity in the development of male homosexuality?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1032, Issue , 2004, Pages 237-244

  Alias, A G ^a  

^a Chester Mental Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

5alpha reductase activity; Body hair; Homosexuality; Intelligence; Mesomorphism

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HAIR GROWTH; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 14544271790     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1314.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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