Review. Understanding development and prevention of chronic physical aggression: Towards experimental epigenetic studies

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1503, 2008, Pages 2613-2622

  Tremblay, Richard E ^a,b,c  

^a Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Development; Epigenetic

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY;

AGGRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIOPATHY;

AGGRESSION; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 46249114069     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0030     Document Type: Review

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