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Original Article

The mixture distribution of left minus right hand skill in men and women

Üner Tan Department of Physiology, Medical Faculty, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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Meliha Tan Department of Physiology, Medical Faculty, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
Pages 1-8 | Received 18 Jan 1997, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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