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title: '‘boogers’ directory'
description: "Bibliography for directory <code>biology/booger</code>, most recent first: 9 <a class='icon-not' href='/doc/biology/booger/index#links'>annotations</a> & 2 <a class='icon-not' href='/doc/biology/booger/index#miscellaneous'>links</a> (<a href='/doc/biology/index' class='link-page link-tag directory-indexes-upwards link-annotated' data-link-icon='arrow-up-left' data-link-icon-type='svg' rel='tag' title='Link to parent directory'>parent</a>)."
created: 2019-10-19
modified: 2024-01-01
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next: /doc/biology/portia/index
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# See Also

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-   [Parent ('*`biology`{=html}*' tag)](/doc/biology/index "Link to parent directory 'doc/biology/' (ascending)"){#_r4Fa8vNS
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# Gwern {.display-pop-not}

## `“Kids Are Sick, A Lot”, Gwern 2024`{=html} {#gwern-2024-sick-kids-section}

**[`Kids Are Sick, A Lot`{=html}](/blog/2024/sick-kids "'Kids Are Sick, A Lot', Gwern 2024"){.link-annotated
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# Links {.display-pop-not}

## `“A Mechanism of Gene Evolution Generating Mucin Function”, Pajic et al 2022`{=html} {#pajic-et-al-2022-section}

**[`A mechanism of gene evolution generating mucin function`{=html}](https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm8757 "'A mechanism of gene evolution generating mucin function', Pajic et al 2022"){.link-annotated
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## `“Booger Picking”, Gwern 2021`{=html} {#gwern-doc-biology-booger-abstract-section}

**[`Booger Picking`{=html}](/doc/biology/booger/abstract "'Booger Picking', Gwern 2021"){.link-annotated-partial
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## `“Nose Picking and Nasal Carriage of <em>Staphylococcus Aureus</em>”, Wertheim et al 2006`{=html} {#wertheim-et-al-2006-section}

**[`Nose Picking and Nasal Carriage of <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em>`{=html}](/doc/biology/booger/2006-wertheim.pdf "'Nose Picking and Nasal Carriage of <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em>', Wertheim et al 2006"){.link-annotated
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## `“A Preliminary Survey of Rhinotillexomania in an Adolescent Sample”, Andrade & Srihari 2001`{=html} {#andrade-srihari-2001-section}

**[`A Preliminary Survey of Rhinotillexomania in an Adolescent Sample`{=html}](/doc/biology/booger/2001-andrade.pdf "'A Preliminary Survey of Rhinotillexomania in an Adolescent Sample', Andrade & Srihari 2001"){.link-annotated
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## `“Rhinotillexomania: Psychiatric Disorder or Habit?”, Jefferson & Thompson 1995`{=html} {#jefferson-thompson-1995-section}

**[`Rhinotillexomania: Psychiatric disorder or habit?`{=html}](/doc/biology/booger/1995-jefferson.pdf "'Rhinotillexomania: Psychiatric disorder or habit?', Jefferson & Thompson 1995"){.link-annotated
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## `“Incidence of Some Oral-Based Habits among College Students and Their Correlations With Use of Oral Stimulants”, Joubert 1993`{=html} {#joubert-1993-section}

**[`Incidence of Some Oral-Based Habits among College Students and Their Correlations with Use of Oral Stimulants`{=html}](/doc/biology/booger/1993-joubert.pdf "'Incidence of Some Oral-Based Habits among College Students and Their Correlations with Use of Oral Stimulants', Joubert 1993"){.link-annotated
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## `“Coprophagia and Allied Phenomena”, Tarachow 1966`{=html} {#tarachow-1966-section}

**[`Coprophagia and Allied Phenomena`{=html}](/doc/psychiatry/1966-tarachow.pdf "'Coprophagia and Allied Phenomena', Tarachow 1966"){.link-annotated-partial
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## `“An Epidemiologic Study of Behavior Characteristics in Children”, Lapouse & Monk 1958`{=html} {#lapouse-monk-1958-section}

**[`An epidemiologic study of behavior characteristics in children`{=html}](/doc/biology/booger/1958-lapouse.pdf "'An epidemiologic study of behavior characteristics in children', Lapouse & Monk 1958"){.link-annotated
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## `“Eating Boogers”`{=html} {#_4KnrzQ64-section}

**[`Eating Boogers`{=html}](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/LSbpCoQBC3PG4zSJj/eating-boogers "Eating Boogers"){.id-not
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[`https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/LSbpCoQBC3PG4zSJj/eating-boogers`](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/LSbpCoQBC3PG4zSJj/eating-boogers){.id-not
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## Wikipedia (5) {#titled-links-wikipedia .collapse}

1.  **[`Eating mucus`{=html}](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_mucus "Eating mucus"){.id-not
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2.  **[`Mucin`{=html}](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucin "Mucin"){.link-annotated-partial
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3.  **[`Dried nasal mucus`{=html}](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucus "Dried nasal mucus"){.id-not
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4.  **[`Nasal mucosa`{=html}](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_mucosa "Nasal mucosa"){.id-not
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    [`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_mucosa`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_mucosa "Nasal mucosa"){.id-not
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5.  **[`Nose-picking`{=html}](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nose-picking "Nose-picking"){.id-not
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# Miscellaneous

-   **[`<code>https://sethroberts.net/2009/08/13/why-do-children-pick-their-nose/</code>`{=html}](https://sethroberts.net/2009/08/13/why-do-children-pick-their-nose/){.id-not
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-   **[`<code>https://sethroberts.net/2012/01/10/why-we-touch-our-mouths-so-often-forewarned-is-forearmed/</code>`{=html}](https://sethroberts.net/2012/01/10/why-we-touch-our-mouths-so-often-forewarned-is-forearmed/){.id-not
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