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Original Article

Psychiatric characteristics of female prisoners in Tasmania

Ivor H. Jones Department of Psychiatry and Department of Community Services, University of Tasmania, 43 Collins Street, Hobart, Tasmania
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Ben Marris Department of Community Services, Box 24 PO, Lindisfarne, Tasmania
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Helen Hornsby Department of Psychiatry, University of Tasmania
Pages 671-677 | Published online: 11 May 2010

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