Psychobehavioral effects of hormonal contraceptive use

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 718-742

  Welling, Lisa L M ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior, preferences; Birth control; Exogenous hormones; Hormonal contraceptives; Nonhuman primates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881236528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491301100315     Document Type: Article

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