Time to re-evaluate gender segregation in athletics?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1184-1188

  Foddy, Bennett ^a   Savulescu, Julian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOPING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; DOPING IN SPORTS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 81055131786     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2010.071639     Document Type: Article

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