Radiographic 2D:4D index in females: No relation to anthropometric, behavioural, nutritional, health-related, occupational or fertility variables

Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Vehmas, Tapio ^a   Solovieva, Svetlana ^a   Leino Arjas, Päivi ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTAL PHALANX; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INDEX FINGER; LIFESTYLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS INDEX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FINGERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33748692208     PISSN: 14775751     EISSN: 14775751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-5751-5-12     Document Type: Article

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