Religious affiliation, internalized homophobia, and mental health in lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals.

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

• Publication date

  2012-10-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2012.01185.xPMID 23039348PMCID PMC3523746
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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