Demonstrating the importance and feasibility of including sexual orientation in public health surveys: Health disparities in the Pacific Northwest

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 460-467

  Dilley, Julia A ^a   Simmons, Katrina Wynkoop ^b   Boysun, Michael J ^b   Pizacani, Barbara A ^a   Stark, Mike J ^a  

^a OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BISEXUALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LESBIAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BISEXUALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PUBLIC HEALTH; WASHINGTON;

EID: 77249120583     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.130336     Document Type: Article

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