Male-to-female transgender and transsexual clients of HIV service programs in Los Angeles County, California

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1030-1033

  Edwards, Jordan W ^c   Fisher, Dennis G ^a,b   Reynolds, Grace L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Behavioral Research and Services   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; HERMAPHRODITISM; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 34250818641     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.097717     Document Type: Article

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