HIV risk, substance use, and suicidal behaviors among Asian American lesbian and bisexual women

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 549-563

  Lee, Jieha ^a   Hahm, Hyeouk Chris ^b  

^a Soongsil University   (South Korea)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BISEXUAL FEMALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; BISEXUALITY; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KOREA; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870811889     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2012.24.6.549     Document Type: Article

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