Hazardous alcohol use among transwomen in a Brazilian city

• Main Authors: Florence Kerr-Corrêa (Author), Francisco Marto Leal Pinheiro Júnior (Author), Telma Alves Martins (Author), Daniel Lucas da Conceição Costa (Author), Raimunda Hermelinda Maia Macena (Author), Rosa Maria Salani Mota (Author), Marcelle Yumi Yaegaschi (Author), Kalina Lívia Lopes Carneiro (Author), Carl Kendall (Author), Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract: There is a lack of information about alcohol use by transgender women. We estimated the prevalence of dangerous alcohol use in the last 12 months by transgender women, who are known as travestis in Brazil, and we identified the associated risk factors. Three hundred travestis were recruite...