Footedness across the age span among brazilian right- and left-handers

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 99, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 999-1006

  Martin, William Lee Berdel ^a,d   Machado, Angélica Homobono ^b   Paixão, Carlos Benedito ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c Universidade da Amazonia   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

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EID: 12944257154     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.99.3.999-1006     Document Type: Article

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