Disparate perceptions of weight between sexual minority and heterosexual female college students

LGBT Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 122-130

  McElroy, Jane A ^a   Jordan, Jenna ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

bisexual; lesbian; obesity; overweight; sexual minority females

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969268525     PISSN: 23258292     EISSN: 23258306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2013.0021     Document Type: Article

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