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Tattoos and antisocial personality disorder

  1. William Cardasis1,*,
  2. Alissa Huth-Bocks2,
  3. Kenneth R. Silk3

Article first published online: 16 JUL 2008

DOI: 10.1002/pmh.43

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Personality and Mental Health

Personality and Mental Health

Volume 2, Issue 3, pages 171–182, July 2008

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Cardasis, W., Huth-Bocks, A. and Silk, K. R. (2008), Tattoos and antisocial personality disorder. Personality, 2: 171–182. doi: 10.1002/pmh.43

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  1. 1

    Center for Forensic Psychiatry, Michigan Department of Community Health, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Psychology, Eastern Michigan University, USA

  3. 3

    Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, USA

*Admissions Unit Director, Center for Forensic Psychiatry, Michigan Department of Community Health, PO Box 2060, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48106, USA

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  1. Issue published online: 16 JUL 2008
  2. Article first published online: 16 JUL 2008

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