The Relationship Between Second-to-Fourth Digit Ratio and Female Gender Identity

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2903-2910

  Hisasue, Shin Ichi ^a,c   Sasaki, Shoko ^b   Tsukamoto, Taiji ^c   Horie, Shigeo ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Digit ratio; Gender identity; Prenatal testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868198938     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02815.x     Document Type: Article

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