Preventive health behaviors among lesbian and bisexually identified women

Women and Health

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-13

  Wells, Brooke E ^a,b   Bimbi, David S ^a,b   Tider, Diane ^b   Van Ora, Jason ^a   Parsons, Jeffrey T ^a,b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Health behavior; Lesbian

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; BREAST EXAMINATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LESBIAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SELF EXAMINATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BISEXUALITY; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33846672973     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v44n02_01     Document Type: Article

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