Human pathogen avoidance adaptations

Current Opinion in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages 6-11

  Tybur, Joshua M ^a   Lieberman, Debra ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

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EID: 84938391172     PISSN: 2352250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.06.005     Document Type: Review

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