Health care for prisoners in Haiti

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 407-410

  May, John P ^a   Joseph, Patrice ^b   Pape, Jean William ^b   Binswanger, Ingrid A ^c  

^a Armor Correctional Health Services   (United States)

^b Department of Adolescent Medicine   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; HAITI; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SHORT SURVEY; TUBERCULOSIS; ARTICLE; DISASTER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; PRISONERS;

EID: 77957368281     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-153-6-201009210-00270     Document Type: Short Survey

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