Updated recommendations from the world professional association for transgender health standards of care

American Family Physician

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 92-93

  Deutsch, Madeline B ^a,b   Feldman, Jamie L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; HEALTH CARE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; TRANSSEXUALISM; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD OF CARE; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; TRANSSEXUALISM; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84874893398     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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