A Comparison of Mental Health, Substance Use, and Sexual Risk Behaviors Between Rural and Non-Rural Transgender Persons

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1117-1130

  Horvath, Keith J ^a   Iantaffi, Alex ^b   Swinburne Romine, Rebecca ^b   Bockting, Walter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

online survey; rural; transgender; urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSGENDER; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RURAL POPULATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84902338501     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2014.872502     Document Type: Article

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