Prevalence and demography of transsexualism in Belgium

European Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 137-141

  De Cuypere, G ^a   Van Hemelrijck, M ^a   Michel, A ^b   Carael, B ^a   Heylens, G ^a   Rubens, R ^a   Hoebeke, P ^a   Monstrey, S ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Demography; Prevalence; Sex ratio; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; GENDER DYSPHORIA; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; MARRIAGE; OVARIECTOMY; PARENTHOOD; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; TRANSSEXUALISM; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 33947732651     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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