Autistic Traits in an Internet Sample of Gender Variant UK Adults

International Journal of Transgenderism

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 234-245

  Kristensen, Zoë E ^a   Broome, Matthew R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; autism spectrum conditions; gender dysphoria; nonbinary; psychiatry; transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955277133     PISSN: 15532739     EISSN: 14344599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15532739.2015.1094436     Document Type: Article

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