Sexual Identity Distress, Social Support, and the Health of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Journal of Homosexuality

• Publication date

  2006-09-25

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1300/J082v51n01_05PMID 16893827
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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