Two means of sampling sexual minority women: How different are the samples of women?

Journal of LGBT Health Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 143-151

  Boehmer, Ulrike ^a   Clark, Melissa ^b   Timm, Alison ^a   Ozonoff, Al ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homosexuality; Methods; Minority groups; Population surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEXUAL MINORITY;

BISEXUALITY; CENSUSES; DATA COLLECTION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; RHODE ISLAND; SELECTION BIAS; SPOUSES;

EID: 71049134476     PISSN: 15574091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15574090903110786     Document Type: Article

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