Relationships between intestinal parasitosis and handedness

Laterality

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 465-474

  Uslu, Hakan ^a   Dane, Senol ^b   Uyanik, M Hamidullah ^a   Ayyildiz, Ahmet ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Handedness; Intestinal parasitosis; Parasite immunology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); TURKEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINES; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 77954110398     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500903049316     Document Type: Article

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