Risk and dangerousness

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 465-473

  Buchanan, Alec ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DANGER, RISK, SAFETY AND RELATED PHENOMENA; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PSYCHIATRY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033028412     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798008101     Document Type: Review

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