Health equity and aging of bisexual older adults: Pathways of risk and resilience

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 468-478

  Fredriksen Goldsen, Karen I ^a   Shiu, Chengshi ^a   Bryan, Amanda E B ^a   Goldsen, Jayn ^a   Kim, Hyun Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Diversity; Health disparities; Inequities; SES; Sexual identity; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BISEXUALITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EQUITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; SEXUAL MINORITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK; SEXUAL MINORITIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 85019725861     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbw120     Document Type: Article

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