Stress and social support networks among lesbian and heterosexual women: A comparison study

Smith College Studies in Social Work

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 212-224

  Tait, Diane ^a  

^a Pitt County AIDS Serv Organization   (United States)

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