Recruitment and Participation of Older Lesbian and Bisexual Women in Intervention Research

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 26, Issue , 2016, Pages S43-S52

  Wood, Susan F ^a   Brooks, Jacquetta ^b   Eliason, Michele J ^c   Garbers, Samantha ^d   McElroy, Jane A ^e   Ingraham, Natalie ^f   Haynes, Suzanne G ^g  

^a Jacobs Institute for Women's Health   (United States)

^b WhitmanWalker GMHW Clinic   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

^e University of Missouri   (United States)

^f a Program of HealthRight360   (United States)

^g U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BISEXUAL FEMALE; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LGBT PEOPLE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; LESBIANISM; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH; SEXUAL MINORITY;

BISEXUALITY; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH; SEXUAL MINORITIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84991736216     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2016.04.003     Document Type: Article

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