Consistency of hand use and frequency of colds among college students.
The self reported annual frequencies of colds were assessed for two groups of 37 students each who were either consistent or inconsistent in the use of their hands. These data indicated that the inconsistent hand use group reported significantly more colds than their consistent hand use peers.
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Department of Psychology, San Jose State University, CA 95192-0120, USA.
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D003139:Common Cold / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires