Chemical castration for sex offenders

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7744, 2010, Pages 433-434

  Grubin, Don ^a   Beech, Anthony ^b  

^a ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASTRATION; CHEMICAL CASTRATION; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; GYNECOMASTIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LAW; LEARNING DISORDER; LIBIDO; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICIAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; CASTRATION; CRIMINALS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 77649197876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c74     Document Type: Editorial

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