Association between gender minority status and self-reported physical and mental health in the United States

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1210-1212

  Streed, Carl G ^a   McCarthy, Ellen P ^b   Haas, Jennifer S ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAUCASIAN; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; ENGLISH (LANGUAGE); FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEMORY; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; OBESITY; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027266623     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.1460     Document Type: Letter

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