A prospective follow-up study of alcoholic violent offenders and fire setters

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 523-529

  Virkkunen, Matti ^a   Eggert, Monika ^a   Rawlings, Robert ^b   Linnoila, Markku ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; HOMOVANILLIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARSON; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RECIDIVISM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0029947956     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1996.01830060067009     Document Type: Article

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