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Aging Behind Bars: Health Care for Older Female Inmates

Rebecca Reviere PhD Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Howard University, 601 Howard Place NW, Washington, DC, 20059
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Vernetta D. Young PhD Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Howard University, 601 Howard Place NW, Washington, DC, 20059
Pages 55-69 | Received 06 Jun 2002, Accepted 24 Oct 2002, Published online: 17 Oct 2008

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