Transgender women of color: Discrimination and depression symptoms

Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 121-136

  Jefferson, Kevin ^a   Neilands, Torsten B ^b   Sevelius, Jae ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Discrimination; Health; Race; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899655044     PISSN: 17570980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EIHSC-08-2013-0013     Document Type: Article

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