The association between health risk behaviors and sexual orientation among a school-based sample of adolescents

Pediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 895-902

  Garofalo, Robert ^a,b   Wolf, R Cameron ^c   Kessel, Shari ^d   Palfrey, Judith ^a   DuRant, Robert H ^a,e  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Justice Resource Institute   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Dept of Education   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Risk behaviors; Sexual orientation; Suicide; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CRIME VICTIMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031897777     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.101.5.895     Document Type: Article

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