Invited commentary: (Mass) imprisonment and (inequities in) health

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 488-491

  Wildeman, Christopher ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cause of death; health status disparities; hepatitis C; mortality; prisoners; prisons; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; HEPATITIS; MORTALITY RISK; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; PRISON; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; RISK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 79952143774     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq420     Document Type: Article

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