Is there geographical variation in human handedness?

Laterality

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-51

  Raymond, M ^a   Pontier, D ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVOLUTION; GENDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HANDEDNESS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; WRITING;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0442304444     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500244000274     Document Type: Article

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