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The Prevalence of Transsexualism in England and Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

John Hoenig  and
John C. Kenna
John Hoenig
Affiliation:
Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
John C. Kenna
Affiliation:
University of Manchester Department of Psychiatry, Gaskell House, Swinton Grove, Manchester M13 9PL
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The incidence and prevalence of transsexualism are difficult to establish, as the syndrome is not sufficiently common to lend itself to the usual methods of epidemiological research.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 124 , Issue 579 , February 1974 , pp. 181 - 190
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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