Open AccessCancer in the London prison population, 1986-2005
Author(s) -
Elizabeth Davies,
Ashu Sehgal,
Karen M. Linklater,
Kate Heaps,
Constanza Morén,
C. Walford,
Rebecca J. Cook,
Henrik Møller
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdq009
Subject(s) - prison , cancer , prison population , public health , population , epidemiology , medicine , environmental health , gerontology , criminology , sociology , nursing , pathology
Little research has investigated cancer care in UK prisons. We wished to identify the number of new cases and the most common cancer diagnoses occurring each year in London prisoners, and the place of death for those who died from their disease.
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