Sex differences in the association between testosterone and violent behaviors

Trauma Monthly

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 26-32

  Assari, Shervin ^a   Caldwell, Cleopatra H ^a   Zimmerman, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Sex; Testosterone; Young Adult

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946170794     PISSN: 22517464     EISSN: 22517472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/traumamon.18040     Document Type: Article

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