Conditionally sexual: Men and teenage boys with moderate to profound intellectual disability

Sexuality and Disability

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 275-289

  Wilson, Nathan J ^a   Parmenter, Trevor R ^b   Stancliffe, Roger J ^a   Shuttleworth, Russell P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Boys; Intellectual disability; Masculinity; Men; Research; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEXUALITY;

EID: 80052056878     PISSN: 01461044     EISSN: 15736717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11195-011-9203-y     Document Type: Article

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