Somatic morbidity and criminality: The Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study

Forensic Science International

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 68-75

  Timonen, Markku ^a,b   Mäkikyrö, Taru ^c   Miettunen, Jouko ^a   Hakko, Helinä ^c   Zitting, Paavo ^a   Kinnunen, Juha ^d   Räsänen, Pirkko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Box 8   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Criminality; Somatic morbidity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; INTOXICATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OFFENDER; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 12444293812     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(02)00456-5     Document Type: Article

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