County-level association of sexual minority density with breast cancer incidence: Results from an ecological study

Sexuality Research and Social Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-145

  Boehmer, Ulrike ^a   Ozonoff, Al ^a   Timm, Alison ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Disparities; Registry; Sexual minority women; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052658915     PISSN: 18689884     EISSN: 15536610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13178-010-0032-z     Document Type: Article

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