Socially Assigned Gender Nonconformity: A Brief Measure for Use in Surveillance and Investigation of Health Disparities

Sex Roles

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 264-276

  Wylie, Sarah A ^a   Corliss, Heather L ^a   Boulanger, Vanessa ^a   Prokop, Lisa A ^b   Austin, S Bryn ^a,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender nonconformity; Health; Measurement; Sexual orientation; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955709224     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9798-y     Document Type: Article

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