Socio-economic status and handedness in two large cohorts of French adults

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 533-554

  Faurie, Charlotte ^a,b   Bonenfant, Sébastien ^c   Goldberg, Marcel ^c   Hercberg, Serge ^d   Zins, Marie ^c   Raymond, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c Hospital National de Saint Maurice   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; CAREER MOBILITY; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 56249086858     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712608X291563     Document Type: Article

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