Depression in male-to-female transgender ontarians: Results from the trans PULSE project

Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-133

  Rotondi, Nooshin ^a   Bauer, Greta ^a   Travers, Robb ^b   Travers, Anna ^c   Scanlon, Kyle ^d   Kaay, Matthias ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Rainbow Health Ontario   (Canada)

^d 519 Church Street Community Centre   (Canada)

^e CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

depression; d pression; chantillonnage en fonction des r pondants et r pondantes; facteurs de risque et facteurs protecteurs; homme vers femme; male to female; Ontario; respondent driven Sampling; risk and protective factors; transgender; transgenre

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859038954     PISSN: 07133936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7870/cjcmh-2011-0020     Document Type: Article

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