Body mass index and waist: Hip ratio are not enough to characterise female attractiveness

Perception

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1693-1697

  Pokrywka, Leszek ^a   Čabrić, Milan ^b   Krakowiak, Helena ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

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EID: 33846585080     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p5506     Document Type: Article

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