Sexual orientation disparities in adolescent cigarette smoking: Intersections with race/ethnicity, gender, and age

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1137-1147

  Corliss, Heather L ^a   Rosario, Margaret ^b   Birkett, Michelle A ^c   Newcomb, Michael E ^c   Buchting, Francisco O ^d   Matthews, Alicia K ^e  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Horizons Foundation   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LESBIANISM; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BISEXUALITY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901016961     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301819     Document Type: Article

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