Digit ratio, nicotine and alcohol intake and national rates of smoking and alcohol consumption

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 344-348

  Manning, John T ^a   Fink, Bernhard ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Digit ratio; Intake nicotine and alcohol; National rates smoking and alcohol intake

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649634705     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.10.016     Document Type: Article

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