The lower salivary testosterone levels among unmarried and married sexually active men

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 223-229

  Sakaguchi, K ^a   Oki, M ^a   Honma, S ^b   Uehara, H ^a   Hasegawa, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Grelan Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Marriage; Reproductive strategies; Saliva; Sexual activity; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548191283     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-006-0014-z     Document Type: Article

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