Left-handedness and accident-related injury risk.
- 1 August 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 79 (8) , 1040-1041
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.79.8.1040
Abstract
Self-reported injuries among left-handed and right-handed people were compared in a survey of 1,896 college students in British Columbia, Canada. Left-handers were more likely to report having an injury requiring medical attention during the last two years (OR = 1.89, 95% CI = 1.39, 2.58). Relative risk was highest for left-handed males when driving motor vehicles (OR = 2.35, CI = 1.25, 4.43). Regardless of handedness, males had slightly higher relative risks of injury than females.Keywords
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