Prisoners, prisons, and HIV: time for reform

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10049, 2016, Pages 1033-1035

  Beyrer, Chris ^a   Kamarulzaman, Adeeba ^b   McKee, Martin ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROWDING (AREA); HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALNUTRITION; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIGRANT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; REFUGEE; SEX WORKER; SUBSTANCE USE; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PRISONERS; PRISONS;

EID: 84986244064     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30829-7     Document Type: Note

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