Health priorities and perceived health determinants among South Australians attending GLBTI festival events

Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-62

  Rogers, Gary D ^a,b  

^a SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bisexuality; Gender Identity; Health priorities; Homosexuality; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34247385856     PISSN: 10361073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/he07057     Document Type: Article

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