The importance of both sexual behavior and identity [3]

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 765-

  Pathela, Preeti ^a,d   Blank, Susan ^a,b   Sell, Randall L ^c   Schillinger, Julia A ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LETTER; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33646267431     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.079186     Document Type: Letter

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