Serum lipid levels and violence among finnish male forensic psychiatric patients

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 555-568

  Paavola, Paula ^a   Repo Tiihonen, Eila ^a   Tiihonen, Jari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forensic patient; Seclusion; Serum lipids

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; OFFENDER; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036942594     PISSN: 09585184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958518021000019425     Document Type: Article

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