Sociodemographic Study of Danish Individuals Diagnosed with Transsexualism

Sexual Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 109-117

  Simonsen, Rikke ^a,b   Hald, Gert Martin ^b   Giraldi, Annamaria ^a,b   Kristensen, Ellids ^a,b  

^a Sexological Clinic   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Sociodemographic; Transexualism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DANISH CITIZEN; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSGENDER; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSGENDER; MARRIAGE; ONSET AGE; PARENTHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84979830748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20501161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sm2.48     Document Type: Article

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