Hormones and human partnering

Annual Review of Sex Research

Volumn 18, Issue , 2007, Pages 60-93

  Van Anders, Sari M ^a,b,c,d   Gray, Peter B ^e  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c Kinsey Institute   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Challenge hypothesis; Gender; Pair bond; Partner; Relationship; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349308261     PISSN: 10532528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10532528.2007.10559847     Document Type: Article

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