Does early psychosocial stress affect mate choice?

Human Nature

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-66

  Koehler, Nicole ^a   Chisholm, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Femininity; Masculinity; Menstrual cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549118597     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-009-9057-5     Document Type: Article

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