Medical students attitudes toward gay men

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Matharu, Kabir ^a   Kravitz, Richard L ^b   McMahon, Graham T ^c   Wilson, MacHelle D ^b   Fitzgerald, Faith T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Homosexuality; Medical students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864572262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-12-71     Document Type: Article

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