What same sex civil partnerships may mean for health

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 188-191

  King, Michael ^a   Bartlett, Annie ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HOMOSEXUALITY; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH;

HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LAW; LESBIAN; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REVIEW; SEXISM; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; CIVIL RIGHTS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CHANGE;

LESBIA;

EID: 33344454677     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.040410     Document Type: Review

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