Nongenetic factors associated with human handedness and footedness in Japanese twin children

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 304-312

  Ooki, Syuichi ^a  

^a ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL NURSING UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birth complication; Footedness; Handedness; Japanese; Twin children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HANDEDNESS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; PARITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; TWINS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ZYGOSITY;

EID: 33751576396     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.11.304     Document Type: Article

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