Associations of sexual and gender minority status with health indicators, health risk factors, and social stressors in a national sample of young adults with military experience

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 661-667

  Blosnich, John R ^a,b   Gordon, Adam J ^a,c   Fine, Michael J ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Health surveys; Mental health; Military personnel; Minority health; Sexuality; Transgendered persons; Veterans health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LGBT PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL STRESS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TRANSGENDER; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BISEXUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; LESBIANISM; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MENTAL STRESS; MINORITY HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MINORITY HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939614042     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.06.001     Document Type: Article

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