Does finger fat produce sex differences in second to fourth digit ratios?

Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4819-4822

  Wallen, Kim ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

BODY FAT; FINGER; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID STORAGE; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY;

ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; FATS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 70350322695     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2009-0986     Document Type: Short Survey

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