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HIV Risk Behaviors in the U.S. Transgender Population: Prevalence and Predictors in a Large Internet Sample

Jamie FeldmanProgram in Human Sexuality, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, MD, PhD,
Rebecca Swinburne RomineProgram in Human Sexuality, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
, PhD &
Walter O. BocktingLGBT Health Initiative Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health, New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
, PhD
Pages 1558-1588 | Published online: 11 Sep 2014

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