Dimensions of sexual orientation and the prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 468-475

  Bostwick, Wendy B ^c   Boyd, Carol J ^a   Hughes, Tonda L ^b   McCabe, Sean Esteban ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUP; MOOD DISORDER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUPS; MOOD DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77149134947     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.152942     Document Type: Article

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