Health and the avoidance of macroparasites: A preliminary cross-cultural study

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 345-351

  Prokop, Pavol ^a,b   Usak, Muhammet ^a,c   Fančovičová, Jana ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cross cultural research; Disgust; Fear; Health; Human; Parasites

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77952420905     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-009-0195-3     Document Type: Article

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