The Mental Health of Older LGBT Adults

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Current Psychiatry Reports

• Publication date

  2016-05-04

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1007/s11920-016-0697-yPMID 27142205
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