Relationship status and testosterone in North American heterosexual and non-heterosexual men and women: Cross-sectional and longitudinal data

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 715-723

  van Anders, Sari M ^a   Watson, Neil V ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Relationship status; Sex; Sexual orientation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HETEROSEXUALITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MONOGAMY; NORTH AMERICA; POLYGAMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33646513048     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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