High burden of homelessness among sexual-minority adolescents: Findings from a representative massachusetts high school sample

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1683-1689

  Corliss, Heather L ^a   Goodenow, Carol S ^b   Nichols, Lauren ^c   Bryn Austin, S ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MINORITY GROUPS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80051960848     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300155     Document Type: Article

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