Lesbians' and Bisexual Women's Definition of Health

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 851-863

  Fogel, Sarah C ^a   Calman, Leslie ^b   Magrini, D ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b Mautner Project   (United States)

Author keywords

bisexual; content analysis; health; lesbian

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LESBIAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864535672     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2012.694768     Document Type: Article

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