Fire-Setting from the Viewpoint of an Arsonist

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 16-21

  Räsänen, Pirkko ^a   Puumalainen, Tanja ^a   Janhonen, Sirpa ^a   Väisänen, Erkki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSON; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NURSING; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FIRESETTING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 1542397698     PISSN: 02793695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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