Environmental stressors and violence: Lead and polychlorinated biphenyls

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 313-328

  Hwang, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADD ADHD; Aggression; Antisocial behavior; Brain dysfunction; Cognition, drug effects; Impulsivity; Serotonin, dopamine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; LEAD; NEUROTOXIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEROTONIN; STRESS HORMONE;

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENETICS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RACE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIETY; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 39549112477     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.2007.22.4.313     Document Type: Review

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