Determinants of handedness in twins

Laterality

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 301-307

  James, William H ^a   Orlebeke, Jacob F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; HANDEDNESS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; TRAUMATOLOGY; TWIN ZYGOSITY; TWINS;

EID: 0036798224     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500143000320     Document Type: Article

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