Invisible and at risk: STDs among young adult sexual minority women in the United States

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 66-73

  Lindley, Lisa L ^a   Walsemann, Katrina M ^b   Carter, Jarvis W ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIANISM; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878980544     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 19312393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4506613     Document Type: Article

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