Lateral preference in post-traumatic stress disorder

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 229-232

  Spivak, B ^b   Segal, M ^b   Mester, R ^b   Weizman, A ^a  

^a GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; FOOT; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

ADULT; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; EAR; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031983076     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291797005837     Document Type: Article

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