Behavioral risk factors for disease and preventive health practices among lesbians.
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Summary
There may be differences in health behaviors between lesbians and the general population of women, how these differences influence the risk of subsequent disease is unknown.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2001-06-01
- Cited by
- 229
- References
- 22
- Access
- Open access
- OpenAlex
- https://openalex.org/W1684343255
- Semantic Scholar
- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:37259451
Keywords
Medicine, Population, Overweight, Disease, Demography
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