Lifetime prevalence of suicide symptoms and affective disorders among men reporting same-sex sexual partners: Results from NHANES III

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 573-578

  Cochran, Susan D ^a,b   Mays, Vickie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034068612     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.90.4.573     Document Type: Article

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