Not all adolescents are the same: Addressing the unique needs of gay and bisexual male youth

Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 595-611

  Garofalo, Robert ^a   Harper, Gary W ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; BISEXUALITY; BODY IMAGE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENTIALITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EATING DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVACY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; WELLBEING; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 3042803843     PISSN: 10413499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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