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Individual differences in age preferences in mates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Niels G. Waller
Niels G. Waller
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Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616; ngwaller@ucdavis
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , September 1994 , pp. 578 - 581
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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