The self-reported health status of prisoners in New South Wales

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 344-350

  Butler, Tony ^a   Kariminia, A ^a   Levy, M ^a   Murphy, M ^a  

^a Justice Health Centre for Health Research in Criminal Justice   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PRISONER; RANDOMIZATION; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SPINE DISEASE;

EID: 12344289186     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00442.x     Document Type: Article

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