The relationship between digit ratio and circadian typology among medical students

Trakya Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Dergisi

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-73

  Işman, Çaǧla ^a   Gülen, Şebnem ^a   Gündoǧan, Nimet ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Circadian typology; Digit ratio; Fetal testosterone; Gender

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOTYPOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HORNE OSTBERG MORNINGNESS EVENINGNESS QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 77950504602     PISSN: 13013149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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