Sexual orientation health inequality: Evidence from Understanding Society , the UK Longitudinal Household Study
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عنوان ژورنال: Preventive Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0091-7435
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.06.010