Sexual identities and lifestyles among non-heterosexual urban chiang mai youth: Implications for health

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 827-841

  Tangmunkongvorakul, Arunrat ^a   Banwell, Cathy ^b   Carmichael, Gordon ^b   Utomo, Iwu Dwisetyani ^c   Sleigh, Adrian ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender identity; Non heterosexual; Sexual identity; Thailand; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LESBIAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955743191     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2010.499150     Document Type: Article

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