Disparities in health risk behavior and psychological distress among gay versus heterosexual male cancer survivors

LGBT Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 86-92

  Kamen, Charles ^a   Palesh, Oxana ^b   Gerry, Arianna Aldridge ^b   Andrykowski, Michael A ^c   Heckler, Charles ^a   Mohile, Supriya ^a   Morrow, Gary R ^a   Bowen, Deborah ^d   Mustian, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; health disparities; men; oncology; risk behavior; sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925312670     PISSN: 23258292     EISSN: 23258306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2013.0022     Document Type: Article

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