Race, incarceration, and health: A life-course approach

Research on Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 409-422

  London, Andrew S ^a,c   Myers, Nancy A ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Life course; Prison; Race

Indexed keywords

CAUCASIAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; NEGRO; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION MODEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645455016     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027505285849     Document Type: Conference Paper

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