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Epidemiology and Community Health
Studies from University of Otago have provided new data on epidemiology and community health
January 10th, 2009
According to recent research from Christchurch, New Zealand, "There have been claims in the literature that lead exposure makes a strong contribution to criminal behaviour. To examine linkages between lead exposure in childhood and crime in late adolescence/early adulthood to (a) determine whether higher levels of lead exposure were associated with increased levels of criminal behaviour and (b) estimate the extent to which lead exposure was responsible for increases in criminal behaviour." "Negative binomial regression models were fitted using data from a longitudinal birth cohort of New Zealand-born children studied from birth to age 21. There were statistically...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-01-10)
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