Commentary on Merrall et al. (2010): Understanding mortality and health outcomes for ex-prisoners - First steps on a long road

Addiction

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1555-1556

  Kinner, Stuart A ^a,b,c  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ex prisoner; meta analysis; mortality; randomised controlled trial; record linkage

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NOTE; PRISON; PRISONER; STATISTICS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; RECORDS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77955343164     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03030.x     Document Type: Note

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