Preferential Distal Radius Fracture in Right-Handed Individuals Presenting to an ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 552-555

  Pesola, Gene R ^a,b   Feinberg, Gary A ^a   Ahsan, Habibul ^b  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Chirality; Dextrality; Hand dominance; Laterality; Radius fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

EID: 0345600012     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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