Same-sex attraction and health disparities: Do sexual minority youth really need something different for healthy development?

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-6

  Halpern, Carolyn T ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; BULLYING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAME SEX ATTRACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MINORITY; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; COITUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 78650709328     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.10.010     Document Type: Editorial

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