Health screening in police custody

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 209-212

  McKinnon, Iain ^a   Grubin, Don ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Custody detainees; Disease prevalence; Health screening; Mental disorders; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CORONER; CUSTODY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEAD INJURY; HEART DISEASE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL CAPACITY; MORBIDITY; POLICE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; AUTOMUTILATION; HEALTH STATUS; INJURY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRISONER; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ASTHMA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; POLICE; PRISONERS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77954702605     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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