Studying health disparities by including incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals

JAMA

Volumn 305, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1708-1709

  Wang, Emily A ^a,b   Wildeman, Christopher ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH DISPARITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955401021     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.532     Document Type: Note

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