Optimum body-mass index and maximum sexual attractiveness

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9127, 1998, Pages 548-

  Tovee M J ^a   Reinhardt, S ^a   Emery, J L ^a   Cornelissen, P L ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032529528     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)79257-6     Document Type: Article

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