Mothers have lower testosterone than non-mothers: Evidence from the Philippines

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 441-447

  Kuzawa, Christopher W ^a   Gettler, Lee T ^a   Huang, Yuan yen ^a   McDade, Thomas W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral ecology; Life history; Parenting; Reproduction; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MATING; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOTHER; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RANDOM SAMPLE; SALIVA LEVEL; SLEEP; SOCIAL STATUS;

BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOTHERS; PAIR BOND; PHILIPPINES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950941660     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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