Characteristics of low IQ arsonists at psychiatric assessment

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-220

  Dickens, Geoff ^a   Sugarman, Philip ^a   Ahmad, Farooq ^b   Edgar, Simon ^c   Hofberg, Kristina ^d   Tewari, Sidharta ^e  

^a ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BERKSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust and General NHS Trust

^d Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e North Warwickshire NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 51149098760     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.48.3.217     Document Type: Article

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