Gender differences in chronic medical, psychiatric, and substance-dependence disorders among jail inmates

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 476-482

  Binswanger, Ingrid A ^a   Merrill, Joseph O ^b   Krueger, Patrick M ^c   White, Mary C ^d   Booth, Robert E ^a   Elmore, Joann G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77149147102     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.149591     Document Type: Article

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