Right or wrong? On the difficult relationship between epidemiologists and handedness

Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-193

  Basso, Olga ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LIFESPAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOMETRY; CAUSALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLICATION BIAS;

EID: 33847065887     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000254698.17800.e8     Document Type: Review

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