Sexual orientation and mortality among US men aged 17 to 59 years: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1133-1138

  Cochran, Susan D ^a   Mays, Vickie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY HEALTH; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY HEALTH; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956362696     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300013     Document Type: Article

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