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Sports ethics
The not-so-sweet science: the role of the medical profession in boxing
- Correspondence to: D K Sokol Medical Ethics Unit, Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, Imperial College London, Reynolds Building, St Dunstan’s Road, London W6 8RP, UK; daniel.sokolimperial.ac.uk
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The not-so-sweet science: the role of the medical profession in boxing
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- Received May 21, 2003
- Accepted February 9, 2004
- First published October 5, 2004.
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October 05, 2004
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