Sexual orientation differences in asthma correlates in a population-based sample of adults

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2238-2241

  Landers, Stewart J ^a   Mimiaga, Matthew J ^b,c   Conron, Kerith J ^d  

^a JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81555196099     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300305     Document Type: Article

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