Assessment of cardiovascular disease risk factors and diabetes mellitus in Australian prisons: Is the prisoner population unhealthier than the rest of the Australian population

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 318-323

  D'Souza, Rennie M ^a   Butler, Tony ^b   Petrovsky, Nikolai ^c  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC DIET; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PRISONER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 27944497838     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00200.x     Document Type: Article

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