Factors associated with agreement between experts in evidence about psychiatric injury

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 515-521

  Large, Matthew M ^a   Nielssen, Olav ^a  

^a St Vincent's Hospital ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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