Cross-sex hormone use, functional health and mental well-being among transgender men (Toms) and Transgender Women (Kathoeys) in Thailand

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 92-103

  Gooren, Louis J ^a,b   Sungkaew, Tanapong ^b   Giltay, Erik J ^c   Guadamuz, Thomas E ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Androconsult   (Thailand)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

cross sex hormones; mental health; Thailand; transgender; young people

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; THAILAND; TRANSGENDER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912022471     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2014.950982     Document Type: Article

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