Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 183-192 , July 2007

Health, Mental Health, Substance use, and Service Utilization among Rural and Urban Incarcerated Women

Received 26 April 2006 ,Revised 29 August 2006 ,Accepted 11 September 2006.

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 This project was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA R01-11309, Leukefeld, PI).

PII: S1049-3867(07)00029-1

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.02.004

Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 183-192 , July 2007

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