National income inequality predicts women's preferences for masculinized faces better than health does

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1707, 2011, Pages 810-812

  Brooks, Robert ^a   Scott, Isabel M ^b   Maklakov, Alexei A ^c   Kasumovic, Michael M ^a   Clark, Andrew P ^d   Penton Voak, Ian S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79952355977     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0964     Document Type: Note

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