Cancer-related risk indicators and preventive screening behaviors among lesbians and bisexual women

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 591-597

  Cochran, S D ^a   Mays, V M ^a   Bowen, D ^a   Gage, S ^a   Bybee, D ^a   Roberts, S J ^a   Goldstein, R S ^a   Robison, A ^a   Rankow, E J ^a   White, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; BISEXUALITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NULLIPARA; OBESITY; SELF REPORT; SMOKING;

EID: 0035080979     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.91.4.591     Document Type: Article

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