Enactment of Gay Rights Laws in U.S. States and Trends in Adolescent Suicide: An Investigation of Non-Hispanic White Boys

Journal of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 61-69

  Jesdale, Bill M ^a   Zierler, Sally ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil rights; Ecologic study; Heterosexism; Homosexuality male; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PROTECTION; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1342279380     PISSN: 10907173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021945506741     Document Type: Article

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