Blood zinc and copper concentrations in criminal and noncriminal schizophrenic men

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 365-368

  Tokdemir, M ^a   Polat, S A ^a   Acik, Y ^a   Gursu, F ^a   Cikim, G ^a   Deniz, O ^b  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Mental and Psychiatric Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Copper; Male offender; Schizophrenia; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; OFFENDER; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VIOLENCE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 79961190834     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010390219746     Document Type: Article

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