Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 602-608 , December 2009

Concordance and Discrepancy in Sexual Identity, Attraction, and Behavior Among Adolescents

  • Karine Igartua, M.D.C.M., F.R.C.P.C.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • McGill University Sexual Identity Centre (MUSIC), Department of Psychiatry, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Karine Igartua, M.D.C.M., F.R.C.P. (C), McGill University Sexual Identity Centre, Department of Psychiatry, MUHC, 1650 Cedar Avenue Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1A4, Canada.
    • ,
  • Brett D. Thombs, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Psychiatry, Sir Mortimer B. Davis—Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Giovani Burgos, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sociology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Richard Montoro, M.D.C.M., M.Sc., F.R.C.P.C.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • McGill University Sexual Identity Centre (MUSIC), Department of Psychiatry, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Received 24 December 2008 ,Accepted 24 March 2009.

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PII: S1054-139X(09)00134-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.03.019

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 602-608 , December 2009

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