Lesbians over sixty: The consistency of findings from twenty years of survey data

Journal of Lesbian Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 195-213

  Goldberg, Sheryl ^a   Sickler, Joanna ^a   Dibble, Suzanne L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elder; Lesbian; Sexual minority; Underserved

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746796693     PISSN: 10894160     EISSN: 15403548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J155v09n01_18     Document Type: Review

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