Varsity athletes have lower 2D:4D ratios than other university students

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-138

  Giffin, Nick A ^a   Kennedy, Rebecca M ^a   Jones, Miranda E ^a   Barber, Colleen A ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

2D:4D ratio; Athleticism; Digit length ratio; Finger length; Varsity sport

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPORT; UNIVERSITY;

ANDROGENS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETES; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 83755187904     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2011.630744     Document Type: Article

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