State-level climate, anti-discrimination law, and sexual minority health status: An ecological study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 196, Issue , 2018, Pages 158-165

  Solazzo, Alexa ^a   Brown, Tony N ^a   Gorman, Bridget K ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; Health care access; Population health; Sexual minority health status

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; MINORITY GROUP; PUBLIC ACCESS; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT;

ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; SEXISM; SEXUAL MINORITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MINORITY HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREJUDICE; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MINORITY HEALTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREJUDICE; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85035046608     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.11.033     Document Type: Article

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