Psychomotor skills for endoscopic manipulations: Differing abilities between right and left-handed individuals

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 333-338

  Hanna, George B ^a   Drew, Tim ^a   Clinch, Peter ^a   Shimi, Sami ^a   Dunkley, Peta ^a   Hau, Cathryn ^a   Cuschieri, Alfred ^a  

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MICROPROCESSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ENDOSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030899214     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199703000-00014     Document Type: Article

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