Out yonder: Sexual-minority adolescents in rural communities in British Columbia

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 118-124

  Poon, Colleen S ^a   Saewyc, Elizabeth M ^a,b  

^a McCreary Centre Society   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MINORITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BISEXUALITY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PREGNANCY; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 58149248009     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.122945     Document Type: Article

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