High heterogeneity of HIV-related sexual risk among transgender people in Ontario, Canada: A province-wide respondent-driven sampling survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Bauer, Greta R ^a   Travers, Robb ^b   Scanlon, Kyle ^c   Coleman, Todd A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c 519 Church Street Community Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; HIV; HIV testing; Respondent driven sampling; Sexual risk; Transgender; Transsexual

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX REASSIGNMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SELF REPORT; SEX REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84862218290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-292     Document Type: Article

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