Correlates of Wellbeing Among African American Lesbians

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 820-838

  Dibble, Suzanne L ^a   Eliason, Michele J ^b   Crawford, Brenda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Mental Health Consumer Concerns in Concord   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; health; illness; lesbian; sexual minority

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864547472     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2012.694763     Document Type: Article

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