A population-based study of cardiovascular disease risk in sexual-minority women

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1845-1850

  Farmer, Grant W ^a   Jabson, Jennifer M ^b   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^c   Bowen, Deborah J ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LESBIANISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884159765     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301258     Document Type: Article

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