Partnering Across the Life Course: Sex, Relationships, and Mate Selection.

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Journal of Marriage and Family

• Publication date

  2010-06-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1741-3737.2010.00718.XPMID 22822268PMCID PMC3399251
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