Prevalence of childhood trauma in a clinical population of transsexual people

International Journal of Transgenderism

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-30

  Gehring, Darlynne ^a,b   Knudson, Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Childhood trauma; Transexual; Transgender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL ABUSE; TRANSSEXUALISM; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

EID: 33644624729     PISSN: 15532739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J485v08n01_03     Document Type: Article

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