Essay: Transsexual athletes - When is competition fair?

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Volumn 366, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Ljungqvist, Arne ^a,c,d   Genel, Myron ^b  

^a Swedish Sports Confederation   (Sweden)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d International Olympic Committee   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; COMPETITION; FEMININITY; GENETIC SCREENING; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPORT; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 29044440451     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67844-0     Document Type: Article

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2. LJG Gooren MCM Bunck Transsexuals and competitive sports Eur J Endocrinol 151 2004 425 429
3. W Meyer III WO Bockting P Cohen-Kettenis The standards of care for gender identity disorders, 6th edn. http://hbigda.org (accessed Oct 6, 2005)
4. Anon Statement of the Stockholm consensus on sex reassignment and sports http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/commissions/medical/index_uk.asp (accessed Oct 6, 2005)