Gender verification of female olympic athletes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1539-1542

  Dickinson, Barry D ^a   Genel, Myron ^a   Robinowitz, Carolyn B ^a   Turner, Patricia L ^a   Woods, Gary L ^a  

^a AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Determination analysis; Female; History; Jurisprudence; Legislation; Sex; Sex factors; Sports

Indexed keywords

STEROID REDUCTASE;

ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; COMPETITION; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENETIC SCREENING; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LABORATORY TEST; POLICY; PRIVACY; PSYCHOTRAUMA;

EID: 0036790871     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200210000-00001     Document Type: Article

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