Body height, body mass index, waist-hip ratio, fluctuating asymmetry and second to fourth digit ratio in subjects with latent toxoplasmosis

Parasitology

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 621-628

  Flegr, J ^a   Hruskova M ^a   Hodny Z ^b   Novotna M ^a   Hanusova J ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

(2D:4D); Human; Immunity; Immunocompetence handicap hypothesis; Resistance; Testosterone; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; HIP; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FINGERS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MALE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 20644466435     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005007316     Document Type: Article

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