Performance of left-handed dental students is improved when working from the left side of the patient

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 387-393

  Kaya, M Dursun ^a   Orbak, Recep ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Left or right handedness; Periodontal treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; PATIENT MONITORING; STUDENTS;

DENTAL STUDENTS; PLAQUE;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOOTH CALCULUS; TOOTH PLAQUE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 1642421946     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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