Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 12 , Pages 1364-1368 , December 2008

Children and Adolescents of Lesbian and Gay Parents

,Accepted 15 July 2008.

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Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 12 , Pages 1364-1368 , December 2008

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