Specific major mental disorders and criminality: A 26-year prospective study of the 1966 Northern Finland birth cohort

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 840-845

  Tiihonen, Jari ^a   Isohanni, Matti ^b   Räsänen, Pirkko ^b   Koiranen, Markku ^b   Moring, Juha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0030993773     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.6.840     Document Type: Article

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