Tickle

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-97

  Selden, Samuel T ^a,b  

^a Eastern Virginia Medical School ^*  (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MATING; NEUROANATOMY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKIN SENSATION; TICKLE; TOUCH;

EID: 0347634491     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(03)02737-3     Document Type: Review

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