An epidemiological and demographic study of transsexuals in the Netherlands

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 589-600

  Van Kesteren, Paul J ^a   Gooren, Louis J ^a   Megens, Jos A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

demography; epidemiology; transsexuals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 0029827564     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02437841     Document Type: Article

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