Natural deaths in male prisoners: A 20-year mortality study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-444

  Fazel, Seena ^a,c   Benning, Ram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DERBY CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infections; Mortality; Pneumonia; Prisoners; Prisons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CALCULATION; DEATH; HUMAN; INFECTION; ISCHEMIA; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRISONERS; WALES;

EID: 33748209158     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki223     Document Type: Article

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