Digit ratio (2D:4D) in homosexual and heterosexual men from Austria

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 335-340

  Voracek, Martin ^a   Manning, John T ^b   Ponocny, Ivo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Statistics Austria   (Austria)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Digit ratios; Homosexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FINGER; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; POPULATION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRIA; BODY CONSTITUTION; FINGERS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 20544444464     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-005-3122-x     Document Type: Article

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