Studies of Aggressive Behaviour in Schizophrenia: Is there a response bias?

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 345-348

  Cheung, Peter ^a   Schweitzer, Isaac ^a   Yastrubetskaya, Olga ^a   Crowley, Kathleen ^b   Tuckwell, Virginia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Melbourne Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELECTION BIAS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031256079     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249703700411     Document Type: Article

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