The health of Italian prison inmates today: A critical approach

Journal of Correctional Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 230-238

  Esposito, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Chronic disease; Correctional health care; Italian prisoners

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ITALY; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT RIGHT; PRISON; PRISONER; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; PATIENT RIGHTS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 77953847035     PISSN: 10783458     EISSN: 19405200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078345810366867     Document Type: Article

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