Addressing mass incarceration: A clarion call for public health

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 389-391

  Cloud, David H ^a   Parsons, Jim ^a   Delany Brumsey, Ayesha ^a  

^a Vera Institute of Justice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PRISON; PRISONER; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894024769     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301741     Document Type: Editorial

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