Health and Healthcare for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth: Reducing Disparities through Research, Education, and Practice

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-215

  Coker, Tumaini R ^a   Austin, S Bryn ^b   Schuster, Mark A ^b  

^a MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EDITORIAL; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESEARCH;

EID: 68949189712     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.06.020     Document Type: Editorial

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