Cardiovascular risk among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal smoking male prisoners: inequalities compared to the wider community

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Cardiovascular risk among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal smoking male prisoners: inequalities compared to the wider community

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Abstract Background Cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) were collected as part of a randomised controlled trial of a multi-component intervention to reduce smoking among male prisoners. Cross-sectional baseline data on CVRF were compared among smoking male prisoners and males of similar age in the general population. Methods 425 smoking prisoners were recruited (n = 407 in New South Wales; 18 in Queensland), including 15% of Aboriginal descent (mean age 33 years; median sentence length 3.6 yea...

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2011-10-01

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Indig Devon / Wilhelm Kay A / Richmond Robyn L / Butler Tony G / Archer Vicki A / Wodak Alex D

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BMC Public Health

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http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/783

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Public aspects of medicine

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