The trouble with "MSM" and "WSW": Erasure of the sexual-minority person in public health discourse

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1144-1149

  Young, Rebecca M ^a   Meyer, Ilan H ^b  

^a Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^b Department of Sociomedical Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BISEXUALITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 21144443149     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.046714     Document Type: Review

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