The National Lesbian Family Study: 4. Interviews with the 10-year-old children

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 518-524

  Gartrell, Nanette ^a,c   Rodas, Carla ^a,e   Deck, Amalia ^b   Peyser, Heidi ^c   Banks, Amy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Wellesley College ^*  (United States)

^d WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children of lesbian mothers; Donor insemination; Lesbian families; Lesbian mothers; Same sex couples

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LESBIAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SPERM DONOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27644498862     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.75.4.518     Document Type: Article

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