Prevalence of Transgender Depends on the “Case” Definition: A Systematic Review

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 613-626

  Collin, Lindsay ^a   Reisner, Sari L ^b,c   Tangpricha, Vin ^d   Goodman, Michael ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case Definition; Meta Analysis; Prevalence; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EMBASE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSGENDER; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSGENDER; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSGENDER; ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84992220320     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2016.02.001     Document Type: Review

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