2nd to 4th digit ratio (2D:4D) and number of sex partners: Evidence for effects of prenatal testosterone in men

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-37

  Hönekopp, Johannes ^a   Voracek, Martin ^b   Manning, John T ^c  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Finger length ratios; Number of sexual partners

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FINGER; GERMANY; HAND; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATION; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 27944435795     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2005.05.009     Document Type: Article

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