Disparities in Child Abuse Victimization in Lesbian, Bisexual, and Heterosexual Women in the Nurses' Health Study II | Zendy

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Disparities in Child Abuse Victimization in Lesbian, Bisexual, and Heterosexual Women in the Nurses' Health Study II

Author(s) -

S. Bryn Austin,

HeeJin Jun,

Benita Jackson,

Donna Spiegelman,

Janet W. RichEdwards,

Heather L. Corliss,

Rosalind J. Wright

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

journal of women s health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.195

H-Index - 98

eISSN - 1931-843X

pISSN - 1540-9996

DOI - 10.1089/jwh.2007.0450

Subject(s) - lesbian , sexual orientation , sexual minority , sexual abuse , medicine , physical abuse , clinical psychology , verbal abuse , psychology , poison control , suicide prevention , psychiatry , social psychology , environmental health , psychoanalysis

A growing body of research documents multiple health disparities by sexual orientation among women, yet little is known about the possible causes of these disparities. One underlying factor may be heightened risk for abuse victimization in childhood in lesbian and bisexual women.

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