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EducationGeriatric MedicineAgingGeriatricsGerontologyHealth ExpectancyLife ExpectancyLongevityLongevity Determinants
Halpern and Coren recently described an association between left-handedness and a lower life expectancy. This finding is not unexpected because left-handedness has been linked to three leading causes of death in our society--alcoholism, smoking, and breast cancer--as well as to several neurological and immune disorders.
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Secular variation in handedness over ninety years
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