Sex differences in mate selection preferences

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 262-267

  Furnham, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lonely hearts; Mate choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349134561     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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