Flunitrazepam (Rohypnol) abuse in combination with alcohol causes premeditated, grievous violence in male juvenile offenders

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-99

  Dåderman, Anna Maria ^a,b   Lidberg, Lars ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FLUNITRAZEPAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL CRIME; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032963462     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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