Testosterone measured in infancy predicts subsequent sex-typed behavior in boys and in girls.

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Hormones and Behavior

• Publication date

  2012-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.02.013PMID 22373494
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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