Androgen-promoted physiological traits and criminality: A test of the evolutionary neuroandrogenic theory

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 701-711

  Ellis, Lee ^a   Das, Shyamal ^a   Buker, Hasan ^a  

^a MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Criminality; Masculinity; Physical strength; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749133391     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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