Examining sexual orientation disparities in alcohol misuse among women veterans

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 554-562

  Lehavot, Keren ^a,c   Browne, Kendall C ^a,c   Simpson, Tracy L ^a,b,c  

^a Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL MISUSE; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 8; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SEXUAL ASSAULT; SEXUAL MINORITY; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; ALCOHOLISM; HEALTH SURVEY; LESBIANISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ALCOHOLISM; BISEXUALITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84908170712     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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