Relationships between digit ratio (2D:4D) and female competitive rowing performance

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 157-163

  Hull, Melissa J ^a   Schranz, Natasha K ^a   Manning, John T ^b   Tomkinson, Grant R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923331456     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22627     Document Type: Article

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