Resource Security Impacts Men's Female Breast Size Preferences

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Swami, Viren ^a,b   Tovée, Martin J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HELP UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MALAYSIA; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; RATING SCALE; SATIETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BREAST; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84874620500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057623     Document Type: Article

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