Left-handedness increases injury risk in adolescent girls

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 855-858

  Wright, Peter ^a   Williams, Joanne ^a   Currie, Candace ^a   Beattie, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INJURY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030160977     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1996.82.3.855     Document Type: Article

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