Suicidality and sexual orientation: Differences between men and women in a general population-based sample from The Netherlands

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 253-262

  De Graaf, Ron ^a   Sandfort, Theo G M ^b   Ten Have, Margreet ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; General population study; Homosexuality; Mental disorders; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33745933865     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-9020-z     Document Type: Article

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