Access to care for transgender veterans in the veterans health administration: 2006-2013

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2014, Pages

  Kauth, Michael R ^a   Shipherd, Jillian C ^b   Lindsay, Jan ^a   Blosnich, John R ^c   Brown, George R ^d   Jones, Kenneth T ^d  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; TRANSSEXUALISM; TRANSSEXUALITY; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84906094882     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302086     Document Type: Article

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