Mental health correlates of perceived discrimination among lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1869-1876

  Mays, V M ^a   Cochran, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034765692     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.91.11.1869     Document Type: Article

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