Cultural significance of leg-to-body ratio preferences? Evidence from Britain and rural Malaysia

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 265-269

  Swami, Viren ^a   Einon, Dorothy ^b   Furnham, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Leg to body ratio; Physical attractiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648949951     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2007.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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