Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 1 , Pages 73-79 , January 2007

Attitudes toward gay men and lesbians and related factors among nurses in Southern Taiwan

  • Cheng-Fang Yen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan, ROC
    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, No. 100, Tzyou 1st Road, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Shung-Mei Pan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Shu-Ying Hou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, ROC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, No. 100, Tzyou 1st Road, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan, ROC. Tel.: +88673121101x6797; fax: +88673134761.
    • ,
  • Hsiu-Chin Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsaio-Kang Hospital, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Shu-Jung Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsaio-Kang Hospital, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Wen-Chiung Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Tian-Sheng Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Hsing-Hu Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Tian-Sheng Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, ROC

Received 26 September 2005 ,Revised 11 July 2006 ,Accepted 22 August 2006.

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PII: S0033-3506(06)00256-3

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.08.013

Public Health
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