Sufficiently and insufficiently active lesbian, bisexual, and questioning female college students: Sociodemographic factors among two age cohorts

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  McElroy, Jane A ^a   Jordan, Jenna N ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE BY SEXUAL ORIENTATION; HUMAN; LESBIAN BISEXUAL AND QUESTIONING FEMALE; LGBT PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BISEXUALITY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895807749     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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