Ethnic differences in the health of women prisoners

Public Health

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 349-356

  Shah, S ^a   Plugge, E H ^a   Douglas, N ^a  

^a Department of Public Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Health; Prisoners; Women

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; GENDER ISSUE; POLICY MAKING; PRISONER DILEMMA; WOMENS STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NEGRO; OBESITY; PRISONER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT FORM 36; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79958776920     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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