Lifetime victimization and physical health outcomes among lesbian and heterosexual women

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Andersen, Judith P ^a   Hughes, Tonda L ^b   Zou, Christopher ^a   Wilsnack, Sharon C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT PHYSICAL ASSAULT; ADULT SEXUAL ASSAULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BISEXUAL FEMALE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PHYSICAL ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART DISEASE; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LIFETIME VICTIMIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; SEXUAL ASSAULT; SEXUAL MINORITY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; THYROID DISEASE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; CHILD; HETEROSEXUALITY; LESBIANISM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84904880488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101939     Document Type: Article

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