Studies of human physique and sexual attractiveness: Sexual preferences of men and women in China

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-95

  Dixon, Barnaby J ^a   Dixson, Alan F ^b   Li, Baoguo ^c   Anderson, M J ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATE CHOICE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURITY; SKIN COLOR; SOMATOTYPE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEAUTY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOMATOTYPES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33846086953     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20584     Document Type: Article

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