Male physical attractiveness in Britain and Malaysia: A cross-cultural study

Body Image

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 383-393

  Swami, Viren ^a   Tovée, Martin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cross cultural; Physical attractiveness; Waist to chest ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 29744458122     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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