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The Prevalence of Transsexualism in England and Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

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

Extract

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.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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