The 2004 Australian prison entrants' blood-borne virus and risk behaviour survey

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-50

  Butler, Tony ^a   Boonwaat, Leng ^b   Hailstone, Sue ^c   Falconer, Tony ^d   Lems, Pam ^d   Ginley, Tricia ^e   Read, Vanessa ^f   Smith, Nadine ^g   Levy, Michael ^h   Dore, Greg ⁱ   Kaldor, John ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^d Queensland Corrective Services   (Australia)

^e Cancer Care Ontario   (Canada)

^f Centre for Health Research in Criminal Justice ^*

^g Centre for Health Research in Criminal Justice   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DIAMORPHINE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY PIERCING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TATTOOING; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY PIERCING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TATTOOING;

EID: 33847701283     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2007.00009.x     Document Type: Article

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