Whole blood-serotonin relates to violence in an epidemiological study

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 446-457

  Moffitt, Terrie E ^a,b   Brammer, Gary L ^c   Caspi, Avshalom ^a,b   Fawcett, J Paul ^d   Raleigh, Michael ^e   Yuwiler, Arthur ^c   Silva, Phil ^f  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aggression; Platelet; Serotonin; Violence

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIME; DELINQUENCY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PLATELET COUNT; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEROTONIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRYPTOPHAN; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032521432     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00340-5     Document Type: Article

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