Asians and native Hawaiian or other pacific Islanders midlife Lesbians' health: A pilot study

Women and Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 129-143

  Dibble, Suzanne L ^a   Sato, Noriko ^a   Haller, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Alcohol; Asian American; Health status; Lesbian; Pacific Islander; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547311280     PISSN: 02703149     EISSN: 15410315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J015v30n03_10     Document Type: Article

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