Peer Commentaries on Spitzer (2003)

John Bancroft; A. Lee Beckstead; A. Dean Byrd; Helena M. Carlson; Kenneth M. Cohen; Ritch C. Savin-Williams; Lisa M. Diamond; Jack Drescher; Richard C. Friedman; John H. Gagnon; Lawrence Hartmann; Gregory M. Herek; Scott L. Hershberger; Craig A. Hill; Jeannie D. DiClementi; Donald F. Klein; Richard B. Krueger; Nathaniel McConaghy; Joseph Nicolosi; Bruce Rind; Paula C. Rodríguez Rust; Donald S. Strassberg; Marcus C. Tye; Paul L. Vasey; Drew Rendall; Milton L. Wainberg; Donald Bux; Alex Carballo-Dieguez; Gary W. Dowsett; Terry Dugan; Marshall Forstein; Karl Goodkin; Joyce Hunter; Thomas Irwin; Paulo Mattos; Karen McKinnon; Ann O'Leary; Jeffrey Parsons; Edward Stein; Jerome C. Wakefield; Roger L. Worthington; Mark A. Yarhouse

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Peer Commentaries on Spitzer (2003)

John Bancroft, A. Lee Beckstead, A. Dean Byrd, Helena M. Carlson, Kenneth M. Cohen, Ritch C. Savin-Williams, Lisa M. Diamond, Jack Drescher, Richard C. Friedman, John H. Gagnon, Lawrence Hartmann, Gregory M. Herek, Scott L. Hershberger, Craig A. Hill, Jeannie D. DiClementi, Donald F. Klein, Richard B. Krueger, Nathaniel McConaghy, Joseph Nicolosi, Bruce RindPaula C. Rodríguez Rust, Donald S. Strassberg, Marcus C. Tye, Paul L. Vasey, Drew Rendall, Milton L. Wainberg, Donald Bux, Alex Carballo-Dieguez, Gary W. Dowsett, Terry Dugan, Marshall Forstein, Karl Goodkin, Joyce Hunter, Thomas Irwin, Paulo Mattos, Karen McKinnon, Ann O'Leary, Jeffrey Parsons, Edward Stein, Jerome C. Wakefield, Roger L. Worthington, Mark A. Yarhouse

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	419-468
Number of pages	50
Journal	Archives of Sexual Behavior
Volume	32
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025699511081
State	Published - Oct 2003

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Bancroft, J., Beckstead, A. L., Byrd, A. D., Carlson, H. M., Cohen, K. M., Savin-Williams, R. C., Diamond, L. M., Drescher, J., Friedman, R. C., Gagnon, J. H., Hartmann, L., Herek, G. M., Hershberger, S. L., Hill, C. A., DiClementi, J. D., Klein, D. F., Krueger, R. B., McConaghy, N., Nicolosi, J., ... Yarhouse, M. A. (2003). Peer Commentaries on Spitzer (2003). Archives of Sexual Behavior, 32(5), 419-468. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025699511081

Bancroft, J, Beckstead, AL, Byrd, AD, Carlson, HM, Cohen, KM, Savin-Williams, RC, Diamond, LM, Drescher, J, Friedman, RC, Gagnon, JH, Hartmann, L, Herek, GM, Hershberger, SL, Hill, CA, DiClementi, JD, Klein, DF, Krueger, RB, McConaghy, N, Nicolosi, J, Rind, B, Rodríguez Rust, PC, Strassberg, DS, Tye, MC, Vasey, PL, Rendall, D, Wainberg, ML, Bux, D, Carballo-Dieguez, A, Dowsett, GW, Dugan, T, Forstein, M, Goodkin, K, Hunter, J, Irwin, T, Mattos, P, McKinnon, K, O'Leary, A, Parsons, J, Stein, E, Wakefield, JC, Worthington, RL & Yarhouse, MA 2003, 'Peer Commentaries on Spitzer (2003)', Archives of Sexual Behavior, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 419-468. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025699511081

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