Comparing sexual minority status across sampling methods and populations

Women and Health

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-134

  Bowen, Deborah J ^a   Bradford, Judith ^b   Powers, Diane ^c  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Intervention design; Obesity; Sexual minority women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SAMPLING; SCREENING; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33846699465     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v44n02_07     Document Type: Article

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