Time period and Lesbian indentity events: A comparison of Norwegian Lesbians across 1986 and 2005

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 328-339

  Giertsen, Merethe ^a   Anderssen, Norman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; LIFE; LIFESTYLE; NORWAY; PARENT; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE; TIME; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41149166685     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490701586698     Document Type: Article

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