Sexual minority status and self-rated health: The importance of socioeconomic status, age, and sex

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 881-888

  Thomeer, Mieke Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LESBIANISM; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85047687381     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301040     Document Type: Article

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