High (feminized) digit ratio (2D: 4D) in Danish men: A question of measurement method? [3]

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1329-1331

  Voracek, Martin ^a   Dressler, Stefan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TESTOSTERONE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BEHAVIOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMINIZATION; FERTILITY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NETHERLANDS; ONSET AGE; PERSONALITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PUBLICATION; RELIABILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTIS; TESTIS CANCER; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

EID: 33645811085     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei464     Document Type: Letter

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