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Handedness and birth stress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

I. C. McManus
I. C. McManus*
Affiliation:
Psychological Laboratory, Cambridge
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr I. C. McManus, Department of Psychiatry, St Mary's Hospital, Harrow Road, London, W9 3RL; and Department of Psychology, Bedford College, Regent's Park, London, NW1.
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Synopsis

The relationship between left-handedness and birth complications was studied. No evidence of any association was found in either 2 retrospective studies, or 1 large prospective study.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , August 1981 , pp. 485 - 496
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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