Stalking: Why do people do it?: The behaviour is newsworthy but complex

BMJ

Volumn 320, Issue 7248, 2000, Pages 1486-1487

  Nadkarni, Rajesh ^a   Grubin, Don ^a  

^a ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; OBSESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CRIME VICTIMS; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034600540     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1486     Document Type: Editorial

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