Seasonality, waist-to-hip ratio, and salivary testosterone

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 895-899

  van Anders, Sari M ^a   Hampson, Elizabeth ^b   Watson, Neil V ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Androgens; Gender; Seasonality; Sex; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33745278571     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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