Menstrual-cycle synchrony: Problems and new directions for research

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-15

  Schank, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85047682044     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.115.1.3     Document Type: Article

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