Transgender Health: A review and guidance for future Research-proceedings from the Summer Institute at the center for Research on Health and sexual orientation, University of Pittsburgh

International Journal of Transgenderism

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 211-229

  Lombardi, Emilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender variant; Health research; Review; Transgender; Transsexual

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955438753     PISSN: 15532739     EISSN: 14344599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15532739.2010.544232     Document Type: Review

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