Lifetime victimization, hazardous drinking, and depression among heterosexual and sexual minority women

LGBT Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 192-203

  Hughes, Tonda L ^a   Johnson, Timothy P ^a   Steffen, Alana D ^a   Wilsnack, Sharon C ^b   Everett, Bethany ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; hazardous drinking; sexual identity; victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969130580     PISSN: 23258292     EISSN: 23258306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2014.0014     Document Type: Article

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