Laterality, hand control and scholastic performance: A British birth cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Björk, Tabita ^a,b   Brus, Ole ^c   Osika, Walter ^d   Montgomery, Scott ^b,c,e,f  

^a Orebro County Council   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84860455081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000314     Document Type: Article

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