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The Scent of Symmetry A Human Sex Pheromone that Signals Fitness?
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- Authors
- Thornhill, R.
- Venue
- Evolution and Human Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1999-05
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 175-201
- ISSN
- 1090-5138 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1663939397
- Cited by
- 392
- References
- 4
- FWCI
- 19.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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