Health inequalities among sexual minority adults: Evidence from ten U.S. states, 2010

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 337-349

  Blosnich, John R ^a,b   Farmer, Grant W ^c   Lee, Joseph G L ^d   Silenzio, Vincent M B ^a   Bowen, Deborah J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BINGE DRINKING; BISEXUAL FEMALE; BISEXUAL MALE; CANCER SCREENING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; LGBT PEOPLE; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTATE CANCER; SEATBELT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL MINORITY; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SLEEP QUALITY; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH SERVICE; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUALITY;

EID: 84896498274     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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