Seasonal variation in the occurrence of homicide in Finland

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1711-1714

  Tiihonen, Jari ^a   Räsänen, Pirkko ^b   Hakko, Helinä ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIPRAMINE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FINLAND; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTONIN RELEASE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 1842364945     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.12.1711     Document Type: Article

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