Health behavior, status, and outcomes among a community-based sample of lesbian and bisexual women

LGBT Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 121-126

  Bostwick, Wendy B ^a   Hughes, Tonda L ^b   Everett, Bethany ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

bisexual; health disparities; health status; lesbian; sexual minority women; sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ILLINOIS; LESBIANISM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CHICAGO; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84969211356     PISSN: 23258292     EISSN: 23258306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2014.0074     Document Type: Article

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