Health care services for lesbian and bisexual women: Some Canadian data

Health Care for Woman International

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 185-196

  Mathieson, Cynthia M ^a   Bailey, Natasha ^c   Gurevich, Maria ^b  

^a MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Mount Saint Vincent University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LESBIAN; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0036480192     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/073993302753429059     Document Type: Article

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