Women’s body odour during the ovulatory phase modulates testosterone and cortisol levels in men

Wataru Tarumi; Kazuyuki Shinohara

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0230838

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Women’s body odour during the ovulatory phase modulates testosterone and cortisol levels in men

Wataru Tarumi,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology & Behavior Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences Nagasaki University, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki, Japan
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Kazuyuki Shinohara

Roles Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: kazuyuki@nagasaki-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology & Behavior Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences Nagasaki University, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki, Japan

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6055-0547

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Women’s body odour during the ovulatory phase modulates testosterone and cortisol levels in men

Wataru Tarumi,
Kazuyuki Shinohara

Published: March 31, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230838

About the Authors

Wataru Tarumi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology & Behavior Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences Nagasaki University, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki, Japan

Kazuyuki Shinohara

Roles Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: kazuyuki@nagasaki-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology & Behavior Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences Nagasaki University, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki, Japan

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6055-0547

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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