The case for improving the health of ex-prisoners

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1352-1355

  Kinner, Stuart A ^a,b   Wang, Emily A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; PRISONER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PRISONERS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84904317636     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301883     Document Type: Review

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