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Mental disorder in the New South Wales prisoner population

Tony Butler Centre for Health Research in Criminal Justice, and School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Stephen Allnutt Justice Health, and University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
,
David Cain Justice Health, and University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
,
Dale Owens Justice Health, and University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
&
Christine Muller Justice Health, and University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
Pages 407-413 | Received 07 May 2004, Accepted 14 Oct 2004, Published online: 17 Aug 2009

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