From the outside in: Using public health data to make inferences about older inmates

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 298-313

  Merianos, Dorothy E ^a   Marquart, James W ^a   Damphousse, Kelly ^b   Hebert, Jaimie L ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 0031476428     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128797043003004     Document Type: Article

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