Sexually dimorphic 2D:4D ratio, height, weight, and their relation to number of sexual partners

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-92

  Rahman, Qazi ^a   Korhonen, Mari ^a   Aslam, Ayesha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Finger length ratios; Height; Sexual orientation; Sexual partners; Weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444385476     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.12.007     Document Type: Article

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