Disease avoidance and ethnocentrism: the effects of disease vulnerability and disgust sensitivity on intergroup attitudes

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  2006

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  Evolution and Human Behavior

• Publication date

  2006-07-01

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  Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/J.EVOLHUMBEHAV.2005.12.001
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