Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 173-178 , May 2003

Sex differences in morphological predictors of sexual behavior: Shoulder to hip and waist to hip ratios

Received 2 July 2002 ,Revised 22 October 2002

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PII: S1090-5138(02)00149-6

doi: 10.1016/S1090-5138(02)00149-6

Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 173-178 , May 2003