Relationship satisfaction and outcome in women who meet their partner while using oral contraception

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1732, 2012, Pages 1430-1436

  Craig Roberts, S ^a   Klapilová, Kateřina ^b   Little, Anthony C ^a   Burriss, Robert P ^a   Jones, Benedict C ^c   DeBruine, Lisa M ^c   Petrie, Marion ^d   Havlíček, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Contraceptive pill; Divorce; Heterozygosity; Mate choice; Relationship satisfaction

Indexed keywords

COHESION; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; DIVORCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HORMONE; LABORATORY METHOD; MATE CHOICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL; WOMENS HEALTH;

EID: 84857569350     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1647     Document Type: Article

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