Substance abuse and criminality

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 653-657

  Thomson, Lindsay D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABIS; DIAMORPHINE; DRUG; METHADONE; OPIATE;

AGGRESSION; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DELINQUENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032763151     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-199911000-00011     Document Type: Short Survey

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