A global research synthesis of HIV and STI biobehavioural risks in female-to-male transgender adults

Global Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 7-8, 2016, Pages 866-887

  Reisner, Sari L ^a,b,c   Murchison, Gabriel R ^d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

female to male (FTM); HIV; STIs; Transgender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSGENDER; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HYSTERECTOMY; INFECTION RISK; MASTECTOMY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL MINORITY; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRANSGENDERISM; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MALE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSGENDER; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRANSGENDER PERSONS;

EID: 84955159803     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2015.1134613     Document Type: Article

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