Birth order and sibling sex ratio of children and adolescents referred to a gender identity service

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  VanderLaan, Doug P ^a   Blanchard, Ray ^b   Wood, Hayley ^a   Zucker, Kenneth J ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLY CHILD; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SIBLING; PATIENT REFERRAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SIBLINGS;

EID: 84908443975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090257     Document Type: Article

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