Criminality among individuals testing positive for the presence of anabolic androgenic steroids

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1274-1279

  Klötz, Fia ^a   Garle, Mats ^b   Granath, Fredrik ^c   Thiblin, Ingemar ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE; WEAPON;

EID: 33750732921     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.63.11.1274     Document Type: Article

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