A health care needs assessment of federal inmates in Canada

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

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ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; FLUOXETINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INSULIN; METHYLPHENIDATE; OPIATE; TRANQUILIZER;

CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORTALITY; PRISON; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

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