Sexual orientation and all-cause mortality among US adults aged 18 to 59 years, 2001-2011

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 918-920

  Cochran, Susan D ^a,b   Björkenstam, Charlotte ^a,c   Mays, Vickie M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FOLLOW UP; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL MINORITY; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963596896     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303052     Document Type: Review

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