Health needs of women who have sex with women

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7421, 2003, Pages 939-940

  Hughes, Clare ^a   Evans, Amy ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LESBIAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; VAGINA FLORA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WART VIRUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0142247211     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.939     Document Type: Editorial

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