The denial of paternity: Pregnancy as a risk to the 'pure relationship'

Sociology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1110-1125

  Turney, Lyn ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

biological paternity; cohabitation; DNA testing; genetic testing; paternity fraud

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755174660     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038511416151     Document Type: Article

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