Left-handers have a lower prevalence of arthritis and ulcer

Laterality

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-102

  McManus, I C ^a   Wysocki, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLEN ALLERGY; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STOMACH ULCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PEPTIC ULCER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14944345334     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500442000256     Document Type: Article

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