Is tobacco a gay issue? Interviews with leaders of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-157

  Offen, Naphtali ^a   Smith, Elizabeth A ^a   Malone, Ruth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health; LGBT; Licit and illicit substances; Tobacco control; Tobacco industry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; FUNDING; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TRANSSEXUALISM;

BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; SEXUALITY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39049139229     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050701656284     Document Type: Article

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