The disease profile of Texas prison inmates

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 74-80

  Baillargeon, Jacques ^a   Black, Sandra A ^b,c   Pulvino, John ^c   Dunn, Kim ^b  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Infectious disease; Prevalence; Prisoners

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEX FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 0033975225     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(99)00033-2     Document Type: Article

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