Health care access among individuals involved in same-sex relationships.
OBJECTIVES: We used data from the National Health Interview Survey to compare health care access among individuals involved in same-sex versus opposite-sex relationships. METHODS: We conducted descriptive and logistic regression analyses from pooled data on 614 individuals in same-sex relationships...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 96; no. 6; pp. 1111 - 1119 |
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American Public Health Association
Jun2006
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