A Comparison of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Related Factors Between Lesbian and Heterosexual Women

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 191-198

  Smith, Helen A ^a   Markovic, Nina ^a   Matthews, Alicia K ^b,c   Danielson, Michelle E ^a   Kalro, Brinda N ^d   Youk, Ada O ^a   Talbott, Evelyn O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HOWARD BROWN HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 79955163870     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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