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Health protection and Australian prisons, 2018

Michael H Levy and Carla J Treloar
Med J Aust 2018; 209 (10): . || doi: 10.5694/mja18.00669
Published online: 19 November 2018

To the Editor:


  • 1 Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
  • 2 Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW



Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

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  • 3. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The health of Australia’s prisoners 2015 (AIHW Cat. No. PHE 207) Canberra: AIHW; 2015. https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/prisoners/health-of-australias-prisoners-2015/contents/table-of-contents (viewed Sept 2018).
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  • 6. Weston B. Homeward: life in the year after prison. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2018.

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