Left-handedness in asthmatic children

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 234-237

  Krommydas, Georgios ^a   Gourgoulianis, Konstantinos I ^a   Andreou, Georgia ^a   Molyvdas, Paschalis Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Childhood; Eczema; Left handedness

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL;

EID: 0038509971     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3038.2003.00013.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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