Blood glucose control and aggressiveness in females

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 905-911

  Donohoe, Rachael T ^a   Benton, David ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Blood glucose; Glucose tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000064158     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00191-3     Document Type: Article

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