Recontextualizing the behavioral immune system within psychoneuroimmunology

Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 235-243

  Clark, Jason A ^a   Fessler, Daniel M T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral immune system; Disgust; Ecoimmunology; Psychoneuroimmunology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964343793     PISSN: 23302925     EISSN: 23302933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/ebs0000024     Document Type: Article

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