Understanding Sexual Orientation Health Disparities in Smoking: A Population-Based Analysis

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 482-493

  Balsam, Kimberly F ^a   Beadnell, Blair ^b   Riggs, Karin R ^b  

^a PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Bisexual people; Gay men; Lesbians; Risk enhancers; Risk reducers; Sexual orientation; Smoking; Tobacco marketing

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BISEXUALITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LESBIAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BISEXUALITY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84867314587     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2012.01186.x     Document Type: Article

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