Handedness and depression: Evidence from a large population survey

Laterality

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 246-255

  Denny, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Depression; Handedness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 68549085248     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500802362869     Document Type: Article

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