Non-prescribed hormone use and barriers to care for transgender women in San Francisco

LGBT Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 313-323

  De Haan, Gene ^a   Santos, Glenn Milo ^b,c   Arayasirikul, Sean ^b   Raymond, Henry F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; health care disparities; hormone replacement therapy; medical transition; trans health; transgender

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSGENDER; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84969246774     PISSN: 23258292     EISSN: 23258306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2014.0128     Document Type: Article

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