Letter to the editor [7]

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 133-134

  Silva, J Arturo ^a   Haskins, Barbara G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LETTER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; NOTE; UNITED STATES;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645712229     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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