The catch 22 of condoms in US correctional facilities

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Tucker, Joseph D ^a   Chang, Suzanne W ^b   Tulsky, Jacqueline P ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PRISONER; SAFETY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; INCIDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CONDOMS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37549031759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-296     Document Type: Short Survey

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