Body image and sexual identity: An interview study with lesbian, bisexual and heterosexual college age-women

Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality

Volumn 13, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Leavy, Patricia ^a   Hastings, Lisa ^b  

^a STONEHILL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

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