HIV infection among women entering the New York State correctional system.
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Prevalence and correlates of hepatitis C virus infection among inmates at two New York State correctional facilities.
Previous studies have reported decreasing hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection rates in the general population. However, differential susceptibility in institutionalized populations suggest that HCV infection is even more prevalent in prison populations than previously reported yet, routine screening for HCV infection among prisoners is not generally available. We estimated the HCV prevalence and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.81.suppl.35