Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 2 , Pages 161-169 , March 2007

Sex differences in Cloninger's temperament dimensions—a meta-analysis

  • Jouko Miettunen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University and Oulu University Hospital, PO Box 5000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +358 8 3156923; fax: +358 8 333167.
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  • Juha Veijola

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University and Oulu University Hospital, PO Box 5000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
    • Research Council for Health, Academy of Finland, FIN-00501 Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Erika Lauronen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University and Oulu University Hospital, PO Box 5000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
    • ,
  • Liisa Kantojärvi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University and Oulu University Hospital, PO Box 5000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
    • ,
  • Matti Joukamaa

      Affiliations

    • Social Psychiatry Unit, Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, FIN-33014 Tampere, Finland
    • Department of Psychiatry, Tampere University Hospital, FIN-33380 Tampere, Finland

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2006.10.007

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 2 , Pages 161-169 , March 2007

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