Aboriginal and non-aboriginal health differentials in Australian prisoners

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 366-371

  Kariminia, Azar ^a,b   Butler, Tony ^a,c   Levy, Michael ^d,e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e Corrections Health Program ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous Australians; Prisoners

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METHADONE; VITAMIN;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PRISONER; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRISONERS;

EID: 34548075232     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2007.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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