Left-handedness and developmental coordination disorder

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 696-699

  Cairney, John ^a,b,e   Schmidt, Louis A ^a   Veldhuizen, Scott ^b   Kurdyak, Paul ^b,c   Hay, John ^d   Faught, Brent E ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Developmental coordination disorder; Left handedness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 55449116432     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370805301009     Document Type: Article

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