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Gender verification in sport: the need for change?
  1. M A Ferguson-Smith,
  2. E A Ferris
  1. University of Cambridge, UK.

    Abstract

    Most of an estimated one in 504 sportswomen fail the gender verification test unjustly. Until clinical examination becomes acceptable, a new code of practice is proposed which avoids unfair disqualification.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.25.1.17

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      • Editor's Note
        Gender verification in sport: the need for change?
        BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
        British Journal of Sports Medicine 1991; 25 104-104 Published Online First: 01 Jun 1991. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.25.2.104
      • Letter
        Gender verification in sport.
        L J Hipkin
        British Journal of Sports Medicine 1991; 25 171-171 Published Online First: 01 Sep 1991. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.25.3.171