Imprisonment and (inequality in) population health

Social Science Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-91

  Wildeman, Christopher ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Mass imprisonment; Population health; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860408651     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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