Gender differences in firesetting: Results from the national epidemiologic survey on alcohol and related conditions (NESARC)

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 190, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 352-358

  Hoertel, Nicolas ^a   Le Strat, Yann ^b,c,d   Schuster, Jean Pierre ^a   Limosin, Frédéric ^a,c  

^a Paris Descartes University   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Firesetting; Gender differences; National epidemiologic survey on alcohol and related conditions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARSON; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LIFESPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOIDISM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; FIRESETTING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955203411     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.05.045     Document Type: Article

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