Forty years after the removal of homosexuality from the DSM: Well on the way but not there yet

LGBT Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 67-69

  Byne, William ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84969135141     PISSN: 23258292     EISSN: 23258306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2014.1504     Document Type: Editorial

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