The carceral limb of the public body: Jail inmates, prisoners, and infectious disease

Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 45-48

  Comfort, Megan L ^a   Grinstead, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

hepatitis C; HIV AIDS; inmates; jails; prisons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRISON; PRISONER; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; RISK-TAKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12244294673     PISSN: 15451097     EISSN: 15570886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154510970400300202     Document Type: Article

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