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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA

    Jesse M. Ehrenfeld

  2. Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA

    Jesse M. Ehrenfeld & Gilbert Gonzales

  3. Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA

    Jesse M. Ehrenfeld

  4. Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA

    Jesse M. Ehrenfeld

  5. Program for LGBTI Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Jesse M. Ehrenfeld & Del Ray Zimmerman

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Ehrenfeld, J.M., Zimmerman, D.R. & Gonzales, G. Healthcare Utilization among Transgender Individuals in California. J Med Syst 42, 77 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-018-0923-8

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