Comparative study of digit ratios (2D:4D and other) and novel measures of relative finger length: Testing magnitude and consistency of sex differences across samples

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-93

  Voracek, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; ANDROGENS; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 66649122100     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 00315125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.108.1.83-93     Document Type: Article

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