Too much or too little? Prescription drug use in a nationwide prison population

International Journal of Prisoner Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-87

  Kjelsberg, E ^a,b   Hartvig, P ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry   (Norway)

Author keywords

Forensic psychiatry; Medication; Prescription drug use; Prison health services

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746983247     PISSN: 17449200     EISSN: 17449219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17449200500156871     Document Type: Article

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