Anti-gay prejudice and all-cause mortality among heterosexuals in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 332-337

  Hatzenbuehler, Mark L ^a   Bellatorre, Anna ^b   Muennig, Peter ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893413714     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301678     Document Type: Article

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