Sexuality and the partner relationship during pregnancy and the postpartum period

The Handbook of Sexuality in Close Relationships

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 411-435

  Haugen, Erin N ^a   Schmutzer, Peter A ^a   Wenzel, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

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EID: 85084564896     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410610249-27     Document Type: Chapter

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