Increased mortality among Indigenous persons during and after release from prison in New South Wales

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 274-280

  Kariminia, Azar ^a   Butler, Tony ^a   Jones, Jocelyn ^b   Law, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Cohort studies; Data linkage; Indigenous population; New South Wales; Prisons

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRISON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRISONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862528633     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00844.x     Document Type: Article

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