Anthropometrical measurements and androgen levels in males, females, and hormonally untreated female-to-male transsexuals

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-157

  Bosinski, Hartmut A G ^a   Schröder, Inge ^a   Peter, Michael ^a   Arndt, Reinhard ^a   Wille, Reinhard ^a   Sippell, Wolfgang G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

androgens; anthropometrics; body build; female to male transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; MALE; MASCULINITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; ANDROGENS; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 0030951031     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024506427497     Document Type: Article

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