Traffic and Criminal Behavior of Adults with Attention Deficit–Hyperactivity with a Prospective Follow-Up from Birth to the Age of 40 Years

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 824-830

  Koisaari, Tapio ^a,b   Michelsson, Katarina ^c   Holopainen, Juha M ^c   Maksimainen, Risto ^d   Päivänsalo, Jussi ^d   Rantala, Kari ^d   Tervo, Timo ^c  

^a Finnish Motor Insurers Centre   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Finnish National Traffic Police   (Finland)

Author keywords

ADHD; criminality; driver s license; mortality; traffic violations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CAR DRIVING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CRIME VICTIM; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRENDS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84942195408     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2015.1029068     Document Type: Article

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