Discontinuity in the fall of left-handedness in a French population: A May '68 effect?

Laterality

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-35

  Coudé, François X ^a,b   Mignot, Claire ^b   Lyonnet, Stanislas ^a   Munnich, Arnold ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b Cuques Pediatric Center   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FRANCE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEFT HANDEDNESS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COERCION; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 31344458431     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500500219262     Document Type: Article

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