Sober-state cortisol as a predictor of drunken violence

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 621-626

  Lindman, Ralf E ^a   Aromäki, Anu S ^a   Eriksson, C J Peter ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUNKENNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; VIOLENCE;

EID: 1842326140     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a008304     Document Type: Article

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