Politicians' estimated height as an indicator of their popularity

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1302-1309

  Sorokowski, Piotr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

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EID: 78649587444     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.710     Document Type: Article

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