Victims of criminal homicide in Sweden: A matched case-control study of health and social risk factors among all 1,739 cases during 1978-1994

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 244-247

  Allgulander, Christer ^a,b   Nilsson, Bo ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRIME; CRIME VICTIMS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0033953302     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.2.244     Document Type: Article

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