Perceived facial adiposity conveys information about women's health

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 235-248

  Tinlin, Rowan M ^a   Watkins, Christopher D ^a   Welling, Lisa L M ^b   Debruine, Lisa M ^a   Al Dujaili, Emad A S ^c   Jones, Benedict C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHEMISTRY; FACE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ESTROGENS; FACE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROGESTERONE; SALIVA; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868138577     PISSN: 00071269     EISSN: 20448295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.2012.02117.x     Document Type: Article

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