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Gender-Based Violence is a Blind Spot for Sports and Exercise Medicine Professionals

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  1. Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia

    Lauren Wheatley, Grace McKeon, Ruth Wells, Susan Rees, Philip B. Ward & Simon Rosenbaum

  2. Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, Illinois University, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    Michelle Pebole

  3. Schizophrenia Research Unit, Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, NSW, Australia

    Philip B. Ward

  4. School of Health Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia

    Simon Rosenbaum

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Wheatley, L., McKeon, G., Pebole, M. et al. Gender-Based Violence is a Blind Spot for Sports and Exercise Medicine Professionals. Sports Med 53, 1491–1493 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-022-01742-8

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