The needs of older lesbians and gay men in Chicago

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-49

  Beeler, Jeff A ^a,b   Rawls, Todd W ^a   Herdt, Gilbert ^c   Cohler, Bertram J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Community organization; Gay; Lesbian

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937184155     PISSN: 10538720     EISSN: 15404056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J041v09n01_02     Document Type: Article

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