Relation between psychiatric syndromes and behaviorally defined sexual orientation in a sample of the US population

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 516-523

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health surveys; Homosexuality; Mental disorders; Psychiatry; Substance related disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PANIC; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034159754     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010238     Document Type: Article

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