Divergence or disorder? The politics of naming intersex

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 535-543

  Reis, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; FEMALE PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENDER IDENTITY; HEREDITY; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMAN; MALE PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 35348851463     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2007.0054     Document Type: Review

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