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International Journal of Sexual Health Volume 24, 2012 - Issue 1: Veterans' Sexual Health and Functioning
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Male-to-Female Transgender Veterans and VA Health Care Utilization

Jillian C. Shipherd Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Women's Health Sciences Division, National Center for PTSD, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Lauren Mizock Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Shira Maguen Department of Veterans Affairs, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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Kelly E. Green Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pages 78-87 | Received 10 Jun 2011, Accepted 05 Nov 2011, Published online: 26 Mar 2012

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