Adding sexual orientation questions to statewide public health surveillance: New Mexico's experience

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2392-2396

  VanKim, Nicole A ^a   Padilla, James L ^a   Lee, Joseph G L ^b   Goldstein, Adam O ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW MEXICO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649813602     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.186270     Document Type: Article

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