Ten years of lesbian health survey research in the UK West Midlands

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Meads, Catherine ^a   Buckley, Emily ^b   Sanderson, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c West Midlands South Strategic Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED KINGDOM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; DISCLOSURE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 37849012987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-251     Document Type: Article

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