Correlation between hand preference and intraocular pressure from right- and left-eyes in right- and left-handers

Vision Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 405-408

  Dane, Şenol ^a   Gümüştekin, Kenan ^a   Yazici, Ahmet Taylan ^a   Baykal, Orhan ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebral laterality; Eye dominance; Handedness; Intraocular pressure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EYE; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0037301825     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(02)00568-0     Document Type: Article

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