Our sexy brain; Our compelling environment: Interactionism in female development

Psychoanalytic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-19

  Silverman, Doris K ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 77649176559     PISSN: 00332836     EISSN: 19433301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/prev.2010.97.1.1     Document Type: Article

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