A survey of attitudes toward homosexuality in hong kong chinese medical students

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 344-348

  Hon, Kam Lun Ellis ^a   Leung, Ting Fan ^a   Yau, Anthony Pak Yuen ^b   Wu, Sze Man ^b   Wan, Maxim ^b   Chan, Hoi Yee ^b   Yip, Wing Ki ^b   Fok, Tai Fai ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 27844436643     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328015tlm1704_6     Document Type: Review

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