Aggression, gender-typical childhood play, and a prenatal hormonal index

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-116

  Burton, Leslie A ^a,b   Henninger, Debra ^c   Hafetz, Jessica ^c   Cofer, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Finger length ratios.; Gender; Hormones; Play

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849304529     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2009.37.1.105     Document Type: Article

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