ACHESS - The Australian study of child health in same-sex families: Background research, design and methodology

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Crouch, Simon Robert ^a   Waters, Elizabeth ^a   McNair, Ruth ^b   Power, Jennifer ^c   Davis, Elise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child health; Gay parents; Homosexuality; Lesbian parents; Same sex parents; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LESBIAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENTS; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84864811188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-646     Document Type: Article

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