Australian lesbian and bisexual women's health and social experiences of living with hepatitis C

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 340-354

  Banwell, Cathy ^a,c   Bammer, Gabriele ^a   Gifford, Sandra M ^b   O'Brien, Mary L ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS C; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIANISM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BISEXUALITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEPATITIS C; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VICTORIA;

EID: 19944392941     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330590925862     Document Type: Article

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