Menstrual synchrony: Fact or artifact?

Human Nature

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 419-432

  Ziomkiewicz, Anna ^a,b  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Menstrual cycle; Menstrual synchrony; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846303609     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-006-1004-0     Document Type: Review

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