Health disparities among young adult sexual minorities in the U.S.

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 76-88

  Strutz, Kelly L ^a,b   Herring, Amy H ^a   Halpern, Carolyn Tucker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BODY MASS; BRONCHITIS; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DEPRESSION; EMPHYSEMA; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIGRAINE; NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH; OBESITY; PANIC; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEXUAL MINORITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNDERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; LESBIANISM; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MINORITY HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MINORITY HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923067521     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.07.038     Document Type: Article

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