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Skin Color Cues to Human Health: Carotenoids, Aerobic Fitness, and Body Fat

Colorful carotenoid ornaments are sexually selected signals of health in many species. In humans too, carotenoids could provide a perceptible cue to health as they impart an attractive yellow-orange color to skin. Increasing carotenoid pigmentation and skin yellowness is associated with increased fr...

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Autores principales: Perrett, David I., Talamas, Sean N., Cairns, Patrick, Henderson, Audrey J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7078114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32218759
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00392