Women's bust size and men's courtship solicitation

Body Image

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 386-390

  Gueguen, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Breast size; Courtship behaviour; Woman's attractiveness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREAST; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY SIZE; BREAST; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 35448950963     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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