Health status by gender, hair color, and eye color: Red-haired women are the most divergent.

Red hair is associated in women with pain sensitivity. This medical condition, and perhaps others, seems facilitated by the combination of being red-haired and female. We tested this hypothesis by questioning a large sample of Czech and Slovak respondents about the natural redness and darkness of th...

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Main Authors: Peter Frost, Karel Kleisner, Jaroslav Flegr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5746253?pdf=render