Facial appearance is a cue to oestrogen levels in women

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1583, 2006, Pages 135-140

  Law Smith, M J ^a   Perrett, D I ^a   Jones, B C ^a,d   Cornwell, R E ^a   Moore, F R ^a   Feinberg, D R ^a   Boothroyd, L G ^a,e   Durrani, S J ^a,f   Stirrat, M R ^a   Whiten, S ^b   Pitman, R M ^b   Hillier, S G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facial attractiveness; Oestrogen; Progesterone; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTRONE GLUCURONIDE; PREGNANEDIOL 3 GLUCURONIDE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRONE; ESTRONE-3-GLUCURONIDE; PREGNANEDIOL; PREGNANEDIOL 3 ALPHA GLUCURONIDE; PREGNANEDIOL-3 ALPHA-GLUCURONIDE;

ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; METABOLITE; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX HORMONE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACIES; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; AGING; BLOOD; FACE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ESTRONE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREGNANEDIOL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33645804590     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3296     Document Type: Article

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