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Epidemiology
Studies from Center for Health Research add new findings in the area of epidemiology
August 18th, 2007
A report, "Extreme cause-specific mortality in a cohort of adult prisoners--1988 to 2002: a data-linkage study," is newly published data in International Journal of Epidemiology. According to a study from Sydney, Australia, "Describe the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) and its trend in adults who have served time in prison. A retrospective cohort study of 85,203 adults imprisoned in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, between 1 January 1988 and 31 December 2002." "We obtained information on deaths by record linkage with the Australian National Death Index (NDI). Mortality rates were estimated using the person-time method. SMRs were calculated using sex, age, and...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2007-08-18)
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