The evolution of a social construction: The case of male homosexuality

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 570-585

  Adriaens, Pieter R ^a   De Block, Andreas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 33750375108     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2006.0051     Document Type: Review

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