Baby longing and men's reproductive motivation

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research

Volumn , Issue 1, 2011, Pages 283-306

  Rotkirch, Anna ^a   Basten, Stuart ^b   Väisänen, Heini ^c   Jokela, Markus ^c  

^a Population Research Institute   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 84865834690     PISSN: 17284414     EISSN: 17285305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1553/populationyearbook2011s283     Document Type: Article

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