Sexual orientation disparities in substance misuse: The role of childhood abuse and intimate partner violence among patients in care at an urban community health center

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 274-289

  Reisner, Sari L ^a,b   Falb, Kathryn L ^c   Wagenen, Aimee Van ^a   Grasso, Chris ^a   Bradford, Judith ^a  

^a FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Sexual orientation; Substance abuse; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84874469399     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2012.755702     Document Type: Article

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