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. 2004 Dec;38(6):666–670. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2003.005249

Why we should allow performance enhancing drugs in sport

J Savulescu 1, B Foddy 1, M Clayton 1
PMCID: PMC1724991  PMID: 15562155

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