From bias to bisexual health disparities: Attitudes toward bisexual men and women in the united states

LGBT Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 309-318

  Friedman, M Reuel ^a   Dodge, Brian ^b   Schick, Vanessa ^c   Herbenick, Debby ^b   Hubach, Randolph D ^b   Bowling, Jessamyn ^b   Goncalves, Gabriel ^b   Krier, Sarah ^a   Reece, Michael ^b  

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

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; bisexual men; bisexual women; bisexuality; stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969268542     PISSN: 23258292     EISSN: 23258306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2014.0005     Document Type: Article

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