Deaths in the Cook County Jail: 10-Year report, 1995-2004

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-84

  Kim, Seijeoung ^a   Ting, Andrew ^b   Puisis, Michael ^b   Rodriguez, Sergio ^b   Benson, Roger ^b   Mennella, Connie ^b   Davis, Faith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Cermak Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Inmates; Jail; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEART DISEASE; HISPANIC; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; MORTALITY; PRISONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33846410730     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-006-9115-9     Document Type: Article

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