Physical health complaints among lesbians, gay men, and bisexual and homosexually experienced heterosexual individuals: Results from the California quality of life survey

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2048-2055

  Cochran, Susan D ^a,b   Mays, Vickie M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MENTAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; DISABLED PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BISEXUALITY; CALIFORNIA; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 35748951651     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.087254     Document Type: Article

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