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General/Miscellaneous Reports
 

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Expired carbon monoxide levels in self-reported smokers and nonsmokers in prison.
Cropsey KL, Eldridge GD, Weaver MF
Nicotine Tob Res. 2006 Oct;8(5):653-9.
Abstract

The effects of a prison smoking ban on smoking behavior and withdrawal
symptoms.
Cropsey KL, Kristeller JL. 
Addict Behav. 2005 Mar;30(3):589-94
 Abstract 
Juveniles
 

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Evaluating adolescents in juvenile detention facilities for urogenital
chlamydial infection: costs and effectiveness of alternative interventions.
Mrus JM, Biro FM, Huang B, Tsevat J.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003 Jul;157(7):696-702.
Abstract 
 
Determinants of service placements for youth with serious emotional and behavioral
disturbances.
Sheppard VB, Benjamin-Coleman R.
 Community Ment Health J. 2001 Feb;37(1):53-65
 Abstract
 
Chlamydia
 

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Evaluating adolescents in juvenile detention facilities for urogenital
chlamydial infection: costs and effectiveness of alternative interventions.
Mrus JM, Biro FM, Huang B, Tsevat J.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003 Jul;157(7):696-702.
Abstract 
Hepatitis C
 

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
The spectrum of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in the Virginia Correctional
System: development of a strategy for the evaluation and treatment of inmates
with HCV.
Sterling RK, Brown RS Jr, Hofmann CM, et al 
Am J Gastroenterol. 2005 Feb;100(2):313-21.
 Abstract

Treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus in the virginia department of corrections:
can compliance overcome racial differences to response?
Sterling RK, Hofmann CM, Luketic VA
Am J Gastroenterol. 2004 May;99(5):866-72
 Abstract
HIV
 

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  HIV Care in Correctional Settings Is Cost-Effective and Improves Medical Outcomes.
Wong, MT.
Inf Dis in Clinical Practice. 10 Suppl 1:S9-S15, March/April 2001.
 Abstract
Substance Use/Abuse
 

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
The Moral Emotions, Alcohol Dependence, and HIV Risk Behavior in an Incarcerated Sample.
Stuewig J, Tangney JP, Mashek D, Forkner P, Dearing R. 
Subst Use Misuse. 2009 Feb 25:1
Abstract

Prescription Drug Abuse Among Prisoners in Rural Southwestern Virginia.
Wunsch MJ, Nakamoto K, Goswami A, Schnoll SH. 
J Addict Dis. 2007;26(4):15-22.
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