Sexual orientation and gender identity after prenatal exposure to the Dutch famine

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 411-416

  De Rooij, Susanne R ^a   Painter, Rebecca C ^a   Swaab, Dick F ^b   Roseboom, Tessa J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dutch famine; Gender identity; Prenatal undernutrition; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUNGER; MALE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STARVATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGED; BIRTH ORDER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STARVATION;

EID: 65449177267     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-008-9409-y     Document Type: Article

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