Drowning in a Sea of Estrogens: Sex Hormones, Sexual Reproduction and Sex

Sexualities

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-213

  Roberts, Celia ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

endocrinology; feminism; reproduction; sex; sex hormones

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846442251     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460703006002003     Document Type: Article

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