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Chapter 13 - The neurobiology of violence

from Section 3 - Neurobiology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2021

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Larry J. Siever  and
Daniel R. Rosell
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Violence in Psychiatry , pp. 104 - 135
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