Testing for sexually transmitted infections and blood borne viruses on admission to Western Australian prisons

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Watkins, Rochelle E ^a   Mak, Donna B ^b   Connelly, Crystal ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^c Department of Corrective Services ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD BORNE VIRUS; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GENDER; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PRISONER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449447969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-385     Document Type: Article

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