An Ecological Framework for Sexual Minority Women’s Health: Factors Associated With Greater Body Mass

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 845-882

  Eliason, Michele J ^a   Fogel, Sarah C ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

bisexual; health disparities; lesbian; minority stress; sexual minority women

Indexed keywords

BISEXUALITY; BLACK PERSON; BODY MASS; COMPLICATION; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIANISM; MENTAL STRESS; MINORITY GROUP; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL STIGMA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BISEXUALITY; BODY MASS INDEX; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; OBESITY; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL STIGMA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84928587085     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2014.1003007     Document Type: Article

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