"I just want more information about who I am": The search experience of sperm-donor offspring, searching for information about their donors and genetic heritage

Information Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Cushing, Amber L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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