Pathogens and Politics: Further Evidence That Parasite Prevalence Predicts Authoritarianism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Murray, Damian R ^a   Schaller, Mark ^a   Suedfeld, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PARASITE; PATHOGENESIS; PERSONALITY; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; STRESS; WELFARE;

ANIMALS; AUTHORITARIANISM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FOOD SUPPLY; GOVERNMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMANS; PARASITIC DISEASES; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STARVATION; WAR;

EID: 84877058474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062275     Document Type: Article

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