Do men believe that physically attractive women are more healthy and capable of having children?

Psychological Reports

Volumn 96, Issue 3 II, 2005, Pages 1002-1008

  Mathes, Eugene W ^a   Arms, Clarissa ^a   Bryant, Alicia ^a   Fields, Jeni ^a   Witowski, Aggie ^a  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 24944503929     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.96.3c.1002-1008     Document Type: Review

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