Religious climate and health risk behaviors in sexual minority youths: A population-based study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 657-663

  Hatzenbuehler, Mark L ^a   Pachankis, John E ^b   Wolff, Joshua ^c  

^a Center for the Study of Social Inequalities in Health ^*  (United States)

^b YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; OREGON; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING;

EID: 84859023901     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300517     Document Type: Article

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