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Penis size increase between flaccid and erect states: An analysis of the Kinsey data

Paul L. Jamison Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
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Paul H. Gebhard Emeritus Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Pages 177-183 | Accepted 26 Oct 1986, Published online: 07 Jun 2010

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