The effect of incarceration on prisoners' perception of their health

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 367-381

  Blanc, Anthony ^a,c   Lauwers, Valérie ^b   Telmon, Norbert ^a   Rougé, Daniel ^b  

^a Prison Health Service   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Emotional reaction; Epidemiology; Nottingham Health Profile; Prison; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; PRISONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0035490914     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010467318350     Document Type: Article

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